House by Urban Splash plans to start on 94 modular homes in Manchester's New Islington in “either April or May”, director Nathan Cornish said at a topping out ceremony for the first phase of the scheme.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Bruntwood have developed a 15-year masterplan to turn the hospital into a "sustainable health village" that could become "the next life sciences R&D destination within Greater Manchester".
The £80m first phase of the retail and leisure-led development, a 200,000 sq ft shopping centre, is close to completion with a launch scheduled for 10 April.
The developer and investor aims to turn the former Marks & Spencer in the Merseyway Shopping Centre into an office-led mixed-use scheme called STOK.
A 90,000 sq ft science and engineering faculty, part of the university's £800m, 240-acre masterplan, has been granted planning consent.
The Manchester city-centre management company has appointed five new board members, including directors from U+I, Bruntwood Works and Allied London.
Bill Wilkins has been appointed associate director in the consultancy' s Manchester office, where he will head up the civil engineering team.
An application for 400 homes on the former Arkady Craigmillar factory site in Trafford Bar has been submitted to the council, the latest in the Civic Quarter masterplan.
Work to redevelop Adlington Walk in Stockport starts this week, as the first stage in the regeneration of the 55-year-old Merseyway shopping centre.
Therme Group's plans for a 700,000 sq ft wellbeing resort at Trafford Park have been unanimously approved by councillors, with work expected to start on site in 2021.
