Housebuilders Barratt and David Wilson Homes, with housing association Torus, are to deliver a recently approved scheme to redevelop part of the school's estate on Fence Avenue in Macclesfield, ahead of its move to a £60m campus in Prestbury.
The care home developer has terminated the pre-construction agreement it signed with the ailing contractor and begun the search for another company to build the scheme, as Cheshire-based Cruden braces itself for administration.
The Cheshire-based construction firm, part of Cruden Group, is understood to have signed a notice to appoint administrators, with KPMG set to be formally brought in within the next 10 days.
The grade two-listed former silk mill on Park Lane, which was most recently used as offices, has been converted into 10 apartments.
The council is looking to appoint up to eight housebuilders to a framework aimed at boosting affordable housing provision amid rising numbers of social housing applicants.
A scheme to build 46 affordable homes on the derelict site of the former pub in Winsford is due to start on site this month, according to developer Weaver Vale Housing Trust and contractor Lane End Group.
The housebuilder’s application for 272 homes in its next phase of work at Ledsham Garden Village in Little Sutton has been given the go-ahead by Cheshire West & Chester Council.
The housing arm of North Wales-based Pure Residential & Commercial has added two members to its management team, a head of construction and a commercial manager, as it looks to expand in the North West.
The construction firm has finished building a 125,000 sq ft speculative industrial unit, the first phase of Redsun Projects' wider 450,000 sq ft scheme in Ellesmere Port.
Work has started on the construction of two hotels at Airport City, after Beijing Construction Engineering Group International won the contract earlier this month.
