Place Barbecue | In pictures
Around 150 guests joined Place North West, Hourigan Connolly and Social Communications on Friday, for a relaxed afternoon of summer networking at Fazenda in Manchester.
SPECIAL REPORT | How to reinvent Chester Northgate
Criticism of Chester’s £300m Northgate project has recently come to a head, with local businesses rallying behind a letter to its developer, Cheshire West & Chester Council, to call for an immediate halt on the scheme. But is there an alternative, and can the city reinvent itself as a modern leisure destination?
SPECIAL REPORT | FEC outlines ambitions for £1bn Northern Gateway
Green spaces will be created from the outset at FEC's £1bn Northern Gateway to "change perceptions", the project's director Tom Fenton has said, with other areas being explored for the 15,000-home project including a New York High Line-style link to Victoria Station, a new transport hub, and a "Brewery Quarter".
COMMENT | Demolish Heron House to make the most of Manchester
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?
Meet the Authorities: Public-Private Partnerships | Summary, Slides & Photos
Public-private partnerships will continue to flourish, but challenges around procurement, choosing the right partner, and developing the right sites still remain, according to a panel of experts from both the public and private sectors, speaking at Place North West’s Meet the Authorities event.
COMMENT | Does Liverpool have enough appetite for build-to-rent?
Construction is under way on seven major build-to-rent developments which will deliver over 1,900 apartments, bringing the total pipeline of BtR units to just under 3,300 at various stages across Merseyside, writes Ian Taylor of RSM.
SPECIAL REPORT | HS2 arrival heralds opportunities and disruption
At a consultation teeming with interested locals and property owners – but perhaps surprisingly, no protestors – HS2 has outlined its route into Manchester via the airport, while a number of major pinch points, and possible development opportunities, have been identified.
COMMENT | Buildings can be symbols of adventure
Manchester and the North West was a fertile ground for innovation in the latter half of the twentieth century; a place where challenging, progressive architecture got built, writes James Jones of Sheppard Robson. Whether to our taste or not, many post-war and late century buildings talk of a confident city, ready to take risks.
COMMENT | Keeping up with property transformations
If we can be sure of anything right now, it is that the world is experiencing a period of dramatic change – and that applies as much to the UK property industry as anywhere else, writes Ronan Vaspart, director of MIPIM. Many of the issues facing real estate may be global in scale but their impacts are local.
Northern Transport Summit | Summary, video + images
Rail chaos dominated the agenda at Place North West’s Northern Transport Summit with leaders across transport, politics, architecture and development calling for more powers to build a Northern rail, road, air, and port network fit for the future.
GALLERY | Liverpool Summer Social
Around 100 property professionals gathered for drinks and networking on Fazenda’s sunny terrace in Liverpool yesterday, at the first Liverpool Summer Social, in association with SATPLAN.
COMMENT | Rail freight’s Powerhouse potential
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.
