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With centenary celebrations now underway, Salford marks 100 years since receiving its Royal Charter.  It’s a moment to reflect but more importantly to look ahead at how we’re shaping the city’s next century, writes Kurt Partington of Salford City Council.

Agent Knight Frank is seeking offers in excess of £3.5m for Pets at Homes’ 100 Regent Road store in Salford, immediately adjacent to Henley Investment Management’s proposed 3,300-home neighbourhood.

A 12-storey scheme off St Stephen Street has been worked up by Tim Groom Architects for developer Mancunian Apartments.

Having finalised its demerger from parent company TalkTalk in February, the commercially-focused comms firm will relocate from the nearby Soapworks to around 10,500 sq ft in May.

It is a case of third time lucky for the scheme, which failed to progress under two previous developers.

A surface level car park off Wallness Lane adjoining David Lewis playing fields is the subject of proposals for a quartet of covered courts.

A retail unit in Broughton Park that has been vacant for a decade is to be brought back into use as an educational and community facility for the area’s orthodox Jewish community.

Finland-founded Bob W plans to open an 83-suite scheme next to the Kings Arms on Bloom Street in summer 2027.

The housebuilder has bought a site within the Mosley Common masterplan earmarked for around 230 properties from Kellen Homes.

Hollywood Bowl and Hyperdrive Karting will move into the majority of 100,000 sq ft of refurbished former retail space.

In the largest office deal in Salford since the pandemic, Bankfoot APAM has signed the global audio branding agency to a 15-year lease at the former Colgate Palmolive factory.

The Salford venue will receive £8.5m as the government announced £127.8m of grants for 130 bidders nationally, the initial wave of schemes to be backed by the £1.5bn fund.

Office agent Mark Bamber has joined the consultancy at director level, arriving from a 12-year stint at Knight Frank.

The high-rise residential specialist has reported that sales climbed to £280m and pre-tax profit to £9.7m in 2025.

Three towers filled with one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments are envisaged for the 2.2-acre site, currently occupied by McDonald’s, KFC, and Grosvenor Casino and situated by the River Irwell.

More than 30 sixth-forms across the region are set to benefit from more than £300m of government funding aimed at restoring run-down further education facilities.

The developer and its project team are tapping into the desires of a prideful population as they bid to reverse the 20th century planning mistakes that led to the failure of Eccles as a town centre.

The North West’s economic success has driven the emergence of luxury residential towers in its city centres, writes Terry Little of Rund.