One Heritage to proceed in Oldham

Visiting dinosaurs, Victorian bath houses, Antarctic inspections and pothole wars.

The developer plans to build 149 apartments and redevelop a Victorian villa for office space on a site in Talbot Road, Stretford.

The real estate investment trust has acquired a 170,000 sq ft warehouse in Bromborough in an off-market deal for £16.3m.

Taylor Wimpey has started building The Orangery, part of a 338-home development on the former Robertson’s Jam Factory site in Tameside.

The Manchester leisure centre on Oxford Road is to undergo an extensive refurbishment over the next two years to improve facilities and reduce its carbon footprint, according to plans from the city council.

Senior figures have reacted with dismay to the reduction of support for Northern transport projects, claiming measures including the axing of backing for smart ticketing betray the “levelling-up” agenda.

A joint venture between developer Property Alliance Group and investor Starwood Capital Group has acquired the 1970s Manchester hotel and intends to redevelop it into a mixed-use scheme with offices, homes and a new hotel.

Life Technologies has agreed to lease an industrial unit in The Grange employment area from Custodian Reit on a 10-year lease.

Network Space Developments has appointed the contractor to deliver the industrial scheme that forms part of Triumph Business Park in Speke, and work has begun.