UCLan’s 45,000 sq ft vet school set to progress

A consultation has launched on the housebuilder’s plans for a new community on 35 acres off Chapel Lane in Widnes.

James Alderson has joined the regeneration company leading the £135m Wigan Galleries revamp and other schemes as its development director.

Russell Hayes has been promoted to director of residential after 17 years with the business.

The housebuilder’s North West senior team has been restructured following the retirement of managing director Ian Smith.

The discount retailer plans to build a 22,000 sq ft supermarket on the Mauldeth Road West plot it bought in June.

The Lancashire-based housebuilder wants to construct 58 homes on greenfield land north of Gorsey Lane in Chorley, the second part of its St Peter’s Park development.

Construction of units 11 and 12 at Tritax and NPL’s industrial development off Pochin Way in Middlewich has finished, totalling almost 200,000 sq ft.

Andrew Johnston, the housebuilder’s former head of planning, has launched Made It Together, headquartered in Manchester.

Jonathan Shaw, managing director of AG Built Environment Consultancy, chats with Place about the role the media plays in the built environment, how to get news coverage, and all things MIPIM.

The Manchester-based architectural practice has changed its structure so that it is fully owned by its employees.

The European fund manager secured the loan from the UK subsidiary of Israel’s Bank Leumi to finance its acquisition of the Liverpool office block.

The new owner of the defunct grade two-listed department store building wants to transform it into apartments, shops, a restaurant and bar, and a 20-room aparthotel.

Homes for Trafford has lodged a planning application to regenerate land off Bold Street into 161 homes in a £28m project.

The Swedish port operator bought the 213-acre smelter near Holyhead after the previous owner Orthios went into administration this year.

It’s a time of massive change for the retail industry, but it’s definitely not all doom and gloom. That was the overriding message from experts at this Place North West event in Manchester on September 15.

Specialist agricultural lender Oxbury Bank has taken 6,000 sq ft and Transport for Wales Rail has taken almost 5,000 sq ft at the office development in Chester.

Main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction has handed over the 167,000 sq ft Science, Engineering and Environment (SEE) Building, part of the Salford Crescent and University District masterplan.

The consultancy has made two new hires in its North West team – Luke Bishop as associate director and Hamza Waseem as project manager.

Outdated facilities at the Heywood high school will be replaced with a 53,000 sq ft building and associated plant and landscaping works, under plans submitted to Rochdale Council.