Integrated Health Projects, a joint venture between Vinci and Sir Robert McAlpine, has been selected to convert Manchester Central Convention Centre into a 650-bed emergency hospital for Covid-19 patients, with BDP picked to design the facility.
Contractor JRL has arrived on site to undertake enabling works for the 75-apartment development being brought forward by M4nchester Two, an SPV formed by ex-Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany and Northern Group's Nathan Ezair.
Castlebrooke Investments has gained approval on plans for the refurbishment and expansion of the grade two-listed tower in Manchester, adding 94,000 sq ft to bring the building up to 714,000 sq ft.
Bill Wilkins has been appointed associate director in the consultancy' s Manchester office, where he will head up the civil engineering team.
The first occupiers at Mulbury’s 108-apartment block on the site of the former Excelsior Mill, demolished in 2015, will be moving in at the end of this month with 50% of units sold to date.
The future of Manchester and development beyond the city fringe into fast-growing towns were the topics of conversation at a special roundtable hosted by JMW Solicitors.
The main phase of the £330m refurbishment and upgrade of the grade one-listed town hall is scheduled to start before the end of March, the council said.
Plans have been lodged for a £40m scheme to build a 17-storey office block on the site of Speakers House on the corner of Deansgate and St Mary’s Gate in Manchester.
Oak View Group, the US-based company developing what would be the UK’s largest indoor arena, in Eastlands, said that demand exists for Manchester to support two 20,000-capacity venues.
Developer Moda Living and its advisors have apologised after displaced aluminium panels were blown off the 33-storey tower in Manchester, and pledged that façade contractor Structal UK will continue working to strengthen the building.
