The South Manchester office market is on course for a record-breaking year, as insurance broker Bollington Wilson’s letting of the 27,400 sq ft Clipper House in Sale added to a raft of fourth quarter deals.
Around 1,500 homes could be built off the A34 with Cheshire East’s strategic planning board asked to approve a detailed masterplan for the Handforth Garden Village project at a meeting next week.
Cheshire East’s cabinet will next week be asked to approve the appointment of contractors for improvements at Macclesfield Leisure Centre and for public realm in the town centre’s Castle Street.
Agents in the city expect annual office take-up in the central area to hit 1.5m sq ft for the first time on record, after the third quarter of 2018 saw 480,000 sq ft change hands.
Cheshire business The Tatton Group has made three appointments from Reaseheath College as it completes a move into new offices in Ashley.
Cheshire East is set to launch a consultation on the proposed 1,500-home project off the A34 near Handforth, one of 14 Garden Villages named by the Government in January last year.
Tritax Big Box REIT has reported first-half operating profit as up by 34% to £56.4m, as the niche investor declared itself well placed for further acquisitions.
Lord Jim O’Neill, vice-chairman of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership, has called on Government to conclude a devolution deal for Cheshire and Warrington this year, a move welcomed by local business leaders.
Cheshire West & Chester Council has started its search for a chief executive to replace the retiring Gerald Meehan, in what has been a year of change for top council positions in the region.
Rachel Bailey, leader of Cheshire East Council told Place North West that the Government's confirmation last week of the requested full programme of works at Crewe train station will open the door for investment in towns such as Macclesfield.
