From crafting that initial vision to tackling viability, the latest Place North podcast recruited Onward Homes and Muse to break down what effective regeneration looks like in practice.

The Building Safety Act presents new compliance challenges for contractors, whether they are assuming the role of principal designer or not. The risks, the potential cost of things going wrong, and how to meet the challenges head-on are all issues that need to be addressed, writes Alex Harrison of Falconer Chester Hall.

Find out more about what we have in store at next year’s edition of the international property expo as Place’s MIPIM delegation grows and planning gathers pace.

The government’s sweeping policy reforms and increased funding for homes have created the most hospitable environment for housing delivery in years, speakers at a roundtable facilitated by Onward Homes said.

The Eword discusses how the world of property marketing has evolved in recent years and lifts the lid on what developers and landlords should and shouldn’t be doing to attract residents to their schemes on this episode of the Place North West podcast.

Despite the sector’s unusually good understanding of the humanity behind business, many firms still behave like marketing, sales, and business development are on three different planets each with their own population, gravity, and calendar invites, writes Lucy Lomas of Luma Marketing.

Igloo Regeneration’s chief executive was in the Scheming hot seat to discuss trying to make the world a better place one home at a time, turning down a job at Manchester United, and how the financial crash put paid to plans to regenerate his local city.

This week on Scheming, Planit co-founder Pete Swift lifts the lid on Liverpool’s UNESCO debacle and designing gardens for the Japanese mafia.

Spirits were high as the sun shone at Place’s annual summer shindig, which doubled up as GIA’s 10th anniversary celebration as well as acting as the de facto pre-gig gathering for Oasis’ Manchester reunion.

There is a growing need for purpose-built care homes driven by an ageing population, ever-evolving healthcare standards, and stretched budgets, writes Chris Appleton of LNT Care Developments.

While changes to the planning system and NPPF are a cornerstone of the Labour government’s attempts to kick-start the economy, arguably even more important are the forthcoming changes to local plan making, writes Mat Evans of Gladman.

The chief executive of L&G Affordable Homes chatted with Place North West about working on the Olympic Village ahead of the London 2012 games and what “affordable” housing really means.

GIA set up its Manchester office in 2015 just as the city was embarking on skyline-altering transformation.

Around 200 guests gathered at Hotel Voco last week for the inaugural Place North West Property Lunch and were treated to a lively and candid panel session reflecting on the first half of 2025 and looking ahead to the next six months.

As one of the first authorities in the North West to establish an independent design review panel, Salford is committed to championing the highest standards of design across new development within the city, writes Salford City Mayor Paul Dennett.

Citu’s managing director discusses being admired by his peers and why viability is not an excuse for failing to deliver great places.

Every salvaged brick, every repurposed beam, is a step towards a more sustainable built environment, writes Michael Pledger of DeSimone Consulting Engineering.

Can Cumbria’s property market be as challenging as its landscape? Is there frustration that the county is overlooked by government? Or is the county about to reach a new peak thanks to devolution? The 2025 Cumbria Development Update took a look at the state of play.

Housing 2025, the latest instalment of the annual conference in Manchester, feels as if it has added significance this year given the Labour government’s concerted push to deliver more homes. Place North hosted around 200 delegates for an evening of networking at the close of day one.