Skelmersdale town centre regeneration secures funding

Rivington Land has been paid £1.6m by Cheshire West & Chester Council for its role on the proposed £300m Northgate project in Chester, which has come under heavy criticism from local businesses, although the company's chief executive David Lewis said "a great deal" had been achieved since its appointment.

Car parks around the world may not always be blessed with the sexiest of designs, and are often thrown up without much thought as functional concrete blocks. But it doesn’t always have to be that way, as this car-park-in-a-cave demonstrates.

Manchester has the potential to host a public space bigger than Trafalgar Square, writes Ed Howe of Urbinfo. All we have to do to make it happen is to flatten two of the city's most prominent office blocks. Would it be worth it?

Countryside Properties has confirmed it will take 129,000 sq ft at Zodiac on Warrington’s Gemini Business Park as a base for off-site manufactured homes, storage, and distribution.

Law firm Mills & Reeve has added eight new hires to its Manchester-based real estate team, headed up by Mike Edge and Rachel Pitman, who joined the company from Pinsent Masons in January this year.

In an off-market deal, the London-based investor has purchased its first property in Manchester, buying the 40,000 sq ft Brook House at 64-72 Spring Gardens from Lumina for around £7m.

Richard Moreton has joined the Manchester office of the firm as senior associate, following a 14-year spell with GVA.  

Trafford Council has chosen Novo and CPUK as development partners to deliver a £6m regeneration of the Brown Street car park in Hale, Altrincham, which will feature 22 new homes and a multi-storey car park.

The cost of occupying office space in the main Northern cities is rising faster than in central London, according to Lambert Smith Hampton.

South Africa’s largest construction business WBHO, which has a revenue of £1.8bn, has acquired a 60% stake in Russells Construction for £32.8m.