Final funding secured for £200m Western Distributor

Property and construction professionals in the North West value flexible working above bonuses and other benefits, according to the findings of the Vertical Salary Review 2019.

Preston-based Conlon Construction has completed an 18-month extension and renovation project at North Cestrian School in Altrincham.

Legal & General has sold the 78,000 sq ft store in the town centre to Supermarket Income REIT for £54.4m in a deal reflecting a net initial yield of 5.1%.

Pillars Construction has put forward plans for three residential blocks on Avenham Lane in Preston, totalling almost 300 flats.

The local authority has provided more detail on the masterplan to guide the regeneration of a 61-acre swathe of the city centre, focussed around Queen Street Retail Park, Cardinal Newman College, and St John’s the Minster.

The restoration of the site around Preston’s brutalist bus station will complete by the end of the year with contractor Engie now carrying out the last package of public realm works.

Bam and Bowmer & Kirkland have been shortlisted for the Hawkins\Brown-designed building in Preston, set to provide 78,500 sq ft of education and amenity space.

The site of the former Park Hotel overlooking Avenham and Miller Park is set to be brought back into use as a mixed-use destination featuring a four-star hotel and office space.