Hall on board as Savills builds retail strength

Acting for the bakery group, CBRE’s land and development team has sold a brownfield site in Aspull with capacity for 150 homes to housebuilder Taylor Wimpey for an undisclosed sum.

LXi REIT has acquired the freehold interest in Stobart’s industrial and office headquarters complex in Widnes for £25.5m in a sale and leaseback deal, reflecting a net initial yield of 5.5%.

Cllr Sean Anstee, the former leader of Trafford Council, has joined Telcom Group to head a new division of the business.

We’ve heard a lot about the delivery of the Northern Powerhouse.  Column inches and manifestos are full of debates on how best to realise this vision of economic and social regeneration, writes Chris Swan of Tarmac.

Peel Investments’ outline application for up to 300 homes at the site of the nine-hole Horwich Golf Club will go before Bolton’s planning committee with a recommendation for approval this week.

Morgan Sindall has been named preferred bidder for the University of Salford’s £45m engineering centre, the first building in the £800m masterplan it announced earlier this year.

The creditors of embattled retailer House of Fraser agreed on Friday to the terms of the Company Voluntary Arrangement put together by KPMG, meaning three stores in the region will close.

Denbighshire’s planning committee has given the go-ahead to replace the derelict Bryn Morfydd Hotel in Llanrhaeadr with a 39-bed hotel and 89 holiday lodges.

Developer Ion and its partner the Knowsley Estate are set to secure planning approval for its 57-acre Earlsfield Park development in North Huyton featuring 40 acres of employment space alongside 160 homes.