Downing completes £250m Manchester refinancing

In today’s era of global political uncertainty, the defence industry has a more important role to play than ever. It already contributes £2.2bn to the North West economy and supports more than 20,000 jobs – numbers that could grow if the region plays its cards right.

Once complete, the University of Manchester’s £530m new-look Owens Park campus in Fallowfield is to be maintained and managed by PfP Students.

Sofa sales, transport tension, and PMQs.

Both items on the city council’s planning docket yesterday – a school in Crumpsall and a 1,500-capacity church in Blackley – were given the go-ahead to proceed. 

The 10,000 sq ft facility would sit beneath the car park serving the controversial Brick Veil Mosque scheme in Broughton.

The city council has formally approved plans for the transformation of the site of the former Grafton Rooms nightclub off West Derby Road into flats 18 months after the scheme was given the nod at committee.

Step-free access at railway stations is the main target of a £100m Transport for Greater Manchester programme that will see a further seven locations upgraded in the next two years.

Worthington Owen has been appointed to seek a combined £3.25m for Premier Court and Venture Place.

Rejected last November on six grounds, the partners want to deliver 52 homes once a property off Fleet Lane is demolished.

The contractor will deliver the 171-space multi-storey facility on Waterloo Road.

The developer’s team is seeking a screening opinion as it looks to establish planning permission for 103 homes off Northway.

A review of Tawd Valley Developments, set up as a wholly owned subsidiary of the council in 2018, will inform a decision on whether to keep, bring in-house, or scrap the organisation.

Foundation is to get an additional 14,200 sq ft of workspace thanks to a £2.5m investment from the public/private partnership, following a spate of lettings at the development.

Hear from senior figures in property and the energy industry on how we should navigate power demands, the projects that will transform how we generate electricity, and on how the sector can drive the Northern economy.

Sixteen acres allocated for employment development on the outskirts of Oxenholme are the subject of plans for a housing scheme.

The Yorkshire property group’s board said it remains unanimous and unequivocal in its rejection of a takeover offer it believes fundamentally undervalues Harworth and its project pipeline.

Rochdale AFC is partnering with the local authority on a revamp of the 27-acre Bowlee Playing Fields, with hub buildings and pitches for club and community alike.

Later living housing provider Anchor has selected the contractor to deliver 90 apartments in Waterloo, Sefton.

Talks over a deal for a bus depot off Daw Bank have broken down after the council refused to meet the operator’s financial demands, prompting the authority to use compulsory purchase powers to acquire the site.