The £330m refurbishment and upgrade of Manchester’s grade one-listed town hall will finally start after the project was delayed due to Covid-19 and the discovery of peregrine falcons nesting in the clock tower.
The developers are planning a staircase, lift and landscaping for the Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop, as part of their £300m residential and office scheme in central Manchester.
Nick Moss, director of Manchester-based practice Sixtwo Architects and RIBA presidency candidate, urged the industry to address failures in the design and build system creating an "impoverished built environment” and sidelining architects.
Therme Group, the operator behind the £250m leisure resort planned in Trafford Park, has confirmed plans are still in place to begin construction in 2021, despite potential Covid-19 delays.
Icon Industrial, a joint venture between industrial and office developer Stoford and US investor TPG Real Estate, is preparing to start building a 375,000 sq ft warehouse at Manchester Airport.
The University of Manchester has launched a tender for the installation of three laboratories and offices on the sixth floor of the £150m Henry Royce Institute on Upper Brook Street, to create a sustainable materials research centre.
Construction of Sourced Development Group’s 525-apartment scheme on Regent Road in Salford is expected to recommence on 15 June, after the site closed in March due to the coronavirus lockdown.
Manchester Airports Group has selected a professional team to work across its property portfolio, including architects, cost consultants, surveyors and engineers.
An operation to replace Grenfell-style aluminium composite material from two residential blocks in Manchester’s Green Quarter is nearly over, as the Government laid out details for accessing the £1bn removal package announced in March's Budget.
The contractor has signed a pre-construction services agreement with One Heritage, the developer behind the 55-storey residential tower at Salford's Greengate.
