Approval nears for £20m Warrington West funding package

Developer Lane End has submitted a planning application on behalf of Torus Housing Group for a 144-home apartment block in Warrington town centre.

Martin Sharkey has been named head of construction at regeneration specialist Galliford Try Partnerships North West, following a year as senior build manager with the firm. 

John Osborne has joined as senior quantity surveyor and Owen Clarke as site manager. Both will be working on the 26-home Edge Fold Road development in Walkden.  

Mason Lord owed its creditors £1.4m before its collapse earlier this year, an administrators’ report has revealed, with some trade creditors owed more than £100,000 each.

Work is underway on a 66-home development in Birchwood for Your Housing Group’s private rental arm Nuvu Living.

Vinci Construction is to hold a Meet the Buyer event on 4 September following its appointment as main contractor for £69.2m of work at Warrington’s Time Square.

Caddick Construction has announced the completion of a £6m build project for The Car People on Calver Park Road, Warrington.

Caddick Group, which has offices in Warrington and is building the Angel Gardens development in Manchester, reported pre-tax profits of £18.8m for the year to 31 August 2016, up from £3.3m in the previous year.

More than 1m sq ft changed hands in 2016, totalling £92m across 27 deals, according to Warrington & Co's nineteenth property review.