CIC starts station conversion in Levenshulme

Manchester City Council is to take control of the 19th-century building by the end of this month after the Ancoats Dispensary Trust admitted defeat in its attempts to restore it.

The combination of historic buildings and a new city park will be the key selling points of the commercial space at Mayfield, U+I development director James Heather has told Place North West.

The University of Manchester has started the race for its £60m consultancy framework, which will help it deliver its £1.2bn 10-year estate regeneration plan, including roles for architects, cost consultants, engineers, and planners.

Turley has submitted the planning application for the combined heat and power energy centre, complete with its Tower of Light, that will power Manchester's Civic Quarter Heat Network.

Boultbee Brooks Real Estate has submitted a planning application for 79 Mosley Street, the corner block between Manchester Art Gallery and 2 St Peter’s Square.

Manchester Science Partnerships has agreed a £50m debt facility with Lloyds Bank Commercial Real Estate, in a three-year package which is the first deal of its kind completed by Lloyds in the region.

Approving plans for the Civic Quarter Heat Network and an updated strategic regeneration framework for Great Jackson Street are the two key recommendations that will go before Manchester City Council’s executive at its meeting on 10 January.

Uncertainty surrounds the future of the Liverpool Waterfront car park next to ACC Liverpool following the New Year’s Eve blaze which led to the write-off of all 1,300 vehicles within the car park, and caused internal collapses within the building.

Professional services and engineering consultancy WSP has appointed Professor David Healey as director of smart energy, and has given him a remit to build a new team within its power networks department.