Heseltine throws weight behind Everton project

Developer Foster Marlon Group has acquired the grade two-listed 31 Dale Street in Liverpool city centre, with plans to convert the space into serviced offices and co-working space.

Homes England is to provide a grant of £9.9m to facilitate the development of up to 1,500 homes at Liverpool’s Festival Gardens site.

Promenade Estates has sold The Observatory in Liverpool to social housing provider Torus for £3.65m, with the 21,000 sq ft building to become the housing group’s head office following its merger with Liverpool Mutual Homes.

The multi-disciplinary contractor has reported group revenue up by 6% to almost £3bn, with pre-tax profit reaching £81.6m in its full year results.

The schedule for Liverpool City Region’s MIPIM campaign has been released ahead of the international property showcase in Cannes next month.

Haulage firm JWT Commercial has expanded its footprint at the Port of Liverpool with an investment in five acres, as Peel Ports suggested that Brexit-linked congestion at rival ports could provide further opportunities.

KPMG, administrator of Patisserie Holdings, has confirmed the closure of 27 Patisserie Valerie stores, 19 Druckers stores and 25 Patisserie Valerie concessions, ten of the closures in the North West.

Six directors, including one based in Wirral, have been banned for a total of 54 years after more than 300 investors lost a combined £12m on residential property, including a scheme in Manchester.