The question of how we will use our buildings and the spaces around them as we return to our cities and towns is probably the most significant that the property sector will need to address in planning future development, writes Suzanne Benson of Trowers & Hamlins.
Electric vehicle charging points are the latest hot amenity for offices, sheds, residential and retail. But do landlords and developers have some tough choices to make? And the future of Intu’s stake in the Manchester Arndale, revealed, and it is going to be complicated.
Professionals working across Lancashire discussed how local authorities are adapting to meet the challenges of the biodiversity and climate crises while driving development, at a Place North West event.
City centres no longer have a monopoly on providing exactly what employees want and need from their working environments, writes Martin O’Rourke of Birchwood Park.
Salford City Council’s chief executive has set his sights on inclusive growth and a fresh development strategy to address Salford’s “tale of two cities” reputation, having joined the authority earlier this year, writes Dan Whelan.
Texas-backed build-to-rent developer Quintain Living hints that a Manchester debut could be approaching. Has Manchester reached Peak Hotel? Hoteliers and developers think, for now, it probably has, and office take-up data for Q1 2021 needs careful reading.
From 24 June, Place North West will be bringing property people back together again at conferences, social gatherings and debates.
Speculation is expected when senior members of an organisation leave and this period with Manchester City Council is no different, writes chief executive Joanne Roney.
He has made enemies and lost battles, but few would deny that Roger Stephenson OBE has had a greater impact on the shape and face of contemporary Manchester than any individual since Alfred Waterhouse, writes Phil Griffin.
Following the surprise departures of the growth director and the cabinet member for regeneration, who will go next at Manchester City Council? That wave of Hong Kong investment coming to Manchester? Don’t hold your breath and Birmingham wins something, try to be happy for them.
At this critical point in the development of the North West’s economic landscape, it’s interesting to compare notes with elsewhere in the North, writes Kate Howe, development director at Public Sector Plc.
Does the Greensill collapse leave a property nightmare behind? Lancaster City Council rethinks the Canal Quarter scheme yet again and Botany Bay boss Tim Knowles manages to keep smiling, despite the trauma of taking on the Toys R Us portfolio and its £363m debt.
