No8 First Street finally completes

The student accommodation developer has put forward plans to extend Kincardine Court next to Gartside Gardens in Manchester by adding a six-storey block of 100 beds.

Around two-and-a-half years after the scheme secured planning permission, work is due to get under way to build a mixed 10, six, and four-storey development on Manchester’s Red Lion Street.

Contractor Sisk has started a two-year build programme on Lampwick, a 213-home scheme in New Islington designed by architect CallisonRTKL.

The hotelier has put forward a planning application for its first hotel in the North of England in Manchester with proposals to build a 12-storey scheme on Great Ancoats Street.

Manchester Creative Digital Assets has announced the £10m refurbishment of One Central Park, now known as Arbeta, has achieved practical completion.

The future of 120 jobs at Pochin's remains uncertain with no further updates from administrator Grant Thornton, however joint venture partners have issued statements of reassurance regarding the future of their schemes.

After confirmation that administrators had been called in at Middlewich-based contractor and developer Pochin’s, Place North West investigates what could have gone wrong for the long-established regional business.

Contractor Graham has handed over Weavers Quay, a 201-apartment build-to-rent scheme for developer Manchester Life in New Islington.