Caddick secures £25m college contract

The first episode of BBC Two’s four-part series about the building boom in Manchester makes for far-too-easy viewing as it fails to shine a light on the complex economic drivers behind the city’s breathtaking growth in recent years.

Work has started on a new-build block on a small site in the Northern Quarter of Manchester, next to the refurbished Finlay's Warehouse in Dale Street, for Macclesfield-based developer Three Popes.

The residential connectivity specialist, part of Telcom Group, has appointed Paul Eaton as chief commercial officer and Richard Curwood as chief delivery officer.

The future of offices and a look at developments in Greater Manchester and Liverpool are among the topics under scrutiny at Place conferences in September.

LTE Group, operator of Manchester College, is seeking completion by summer 2022 following the official appointment of contractor Willmott Dixon on the £54m first phase of its city centre campus.

Construction services firm Bowmer + Kirkland plans to start work in the coming weeks on the latest building for the 20-acre Noma regeneration scheme in Manchester, a 200,000 sq ft office block, after signing a build contract this week.

The cluster of three residential towers at Manchester’s Store Street has topped out and main contractor Russell WBHO – previously known as Russells Construction – targets full completion next year.

Renaker’s 52-storey Crown Street towers next to Deansgate Square, the final phase of Waterside Places’ Islington Wharf, Downing’s 2,240-bed co-living cluster and Vita's Water Street skyscrapers are tipped for approval at Manchester City Council's first virtual meeting of the full planning committee.