Hall & Co lines up next Stockport project

The Crown Estate has appointed the developer as its partner for a 60-home scheme that has ambitious sustainability targets baked in.

Four brownfield sites to the north-east of Oldham town centre will each host a mixture of mews, semi-detached, and detached homes.

To be named Momentum Plus, the 67,000 sq ft business park will be developed at South Rings close to the M65 interchange.

Russell LDP and Harworth Group have launched a consultation ahead of submitting plans for industrial-led development between Rochdale and Bury, in the Atom Valley mayoral development zone.

Driven by the desire to be net zero in 10 years, the combined authority will spend more than £250m of government cash to make 30 public buildings and 26,000 homes more energy efficient.

The council is prepared to use compulsory purchase powers to buy long-term empty homes as part of its 20-year efforts to reduce the number of uninhabited homes across the borough.

Cash from the growing fund will be spent developing homes for some of the 207,000 people on housing waiting lists in the North West.

Network Space Developments has sold the 206,000 sq ft Broadheath Networkcentre to the asset manager, marking the first buy for M7, Oxford Properties and AustralianSuper’s new logistics joint venture.

Comprising 245 apartments across a pair of eight and 20-storey blocks, the scheme will be developed by Progressive Living and managed by Picture This.

Packwood Ventures wants to redevelop derelict commercial buildings on the corner of Edelston Road and High Street into apartments and has submitted plans for the project to Cheshire East Council.

Sites in Moss Side, Levenshulme, and Miles Platting are among those to be sold to housing associations to help the city council hit its target of 10,000 discounted homes by 2032.

Meanwhile, Trafford Council and the GMCA are eyeing the creation of a mayoral development corporation to unlock the wider £4.3bn Old Trafford opportunity.

Boats, boozers, and bores.

Colliers is marketing a 9.5-acre plot off Southport Road in Thornton on behalf of Sefton Council.

Consent granted yesterday allows the first stage of a wider plan to improve footfall at the shopping centre to proceed by reworking an M&S store into an F&B destination.

Lancashire County Council is on the lookout for a project team to draw up plans for a facility aimed at bolstering the area’s cyber cluster, where the National Cyber Force is due to open its headquarters.

The Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust has applied to demolish Park House at the North Manchester General Hospital.

Delegates heading to MIPIM for the first time this year were treated to a masterclass on what to expect and how to have a successful time in Cannes at an intimate Place North event last night. 

The partnership with ENKA will deliver a flagship low-carbon hydrogen production plant at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Cheshire.