Two high-profile schemes, the redevelopment of Manchester Town Hall and a residential scheme on Portugal Street, are among schemes set to be considered at Manchester City Council's planning committee next Thursday 16 January.
Architecture practice SimpsonHaugh has sold an office building in the Knott Mill area of Manchester city centre to family-owned Kamani Property Group for an undisclosed sum.
Bruntwood saw its pre-tax profits fall by more than 55% in 2019, following a profit spike the previous year when it formed a joint venture with Legal & General.
Up to 60,000 residential and commercial buildings in Greater Manchester need retrofitting every year, for the city to reach its target of becoming zero carbon by 2038, the council heard.
AFL Architects has announced the departure of director Sheldon Walsh, while semi-retired former managing director Martin Morton has returned to the practice full time for an interim period.
Developer Boultbee Brooks Real Estate has lodged additional applications to trigger the redevelopment of 79 Mosley Street in Manchester into an office-led mixed-use scheme, and expects to start refurbishment early next year.
In 1938 Vincent Harris designed the Manchester Town Hall extension for the municipal trading departments of the city. The Gothic style sat comfortably between Harris’ recently completed Central Library and Waterhouse’s earlier Town Hall, writes Matt Pickering of CallisonRTKL.
Developer Allied London has updated on the progress of restoration works under way at the grade two-listed Manchester fire station, with plans to start on the main conversion phase next year.
Manchester Metropolitan University has revealed designs for a £45m science and engineering campus, set to replace the John Dalton West building next to Mancunian Way, with a planning application due in the New Year.
Kames Property Income Fund has released the first image of a proposed 135,000 sq ft Sheppard Robson-designed office building at 39 Deansgate, ahead of a consultation session next week.
