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Two high-profile schemes, the redevelopment of Manchester Town Hall and a residential scheme on Portugal Street, are among schemes set to be considered at Manchester City Council's planning committee next Thursday 16 January.

Manchester Metropolitan University has submitted plans for its £45m science and engineering campus off Chester Street.

Bruntwood saw its pre-tax profits fall by more than 55% in 2019, following a profit spike the previous year when it formed a joint venture with Legal & General.

ForViva’s housing arm, ForHousing, has submitted a full planning application to build 394 homes on a 2.8-acre site on Ordsall Lane and Fairbrother Street in Salford.

A controversial proposal to demolish Belle Vue stadium and develop 240 homes has been approved, alongside Manchester College’s £100m campus on the former Boddingtons site, while two prominent schemes were deferred.

Integrated Health Projects, the joint venture between Vinci and Sir Robert McAlpine, has taken over as main contractor for The Christie's £150m Paterson building in Withington, replacing Interserve which had previously been lined up to build the scheme.

Ask Real Estate is due to put in a planning application this month for a 21-storey hotel on Manchester's Deansgate, designed by SimpsonHaugh.

Developer Boultbee Brooks Real Estate has lodged additional applications to trigger the redevelopment of 79 Mosley Street in Manchester into an office-led mixed-use scheme, and expects to start refurbishment early next year.

Russells Construction has completed the two internal cores, which reach 32 and 16 storeys, at Oxygen on Manchester’s Store Street for developer Property Alliance Group.