Alliance buys first Chester office for £1.7m

Chester Race Company has resubmitted its masterplan for development at the course, following refusal of a £100m project in March.

Cheshire West & Chester Council is pushing ahead with its mixed-use scheme in Chester city centre by submitting another planning application for the long-running project.

Chester Zoo has revealed plans for its newest attraction, an extensive African savannah habitat featuring giraffes, zebra, ostriches and antelopes, alongside a range of lodges and safari tents for overnight stays.

A grade two-listed building at Newgate Street will be converted into high-end apartments under plans being brought forward by MJW Group.

The council is finalising its move out of its headquarters overlooking Chester Racecourse with co-working brand Spaces set to take the remaining 37,000 sq ft in the building.

Chester-based Blueoak Estates has acquired Concord House on Canal Street, and will start on site in August with an office-to-residential scheme.

Hear from the chief executive of Cheshire West & Chester Council alongside Cheshire’s most prominent property developers at this Place North West event, taking place on 6 June.

Architect AHR has showcased the first of its designs for Chester Northgate ahead of further public consultation, which gets under way this week.

Against officer recommendation, Cheshire West & Chester’s planning committee has refused proposals for a major redevelopment of Chester Racecourse arguing the scheme would be “overly dominant and incongruous in its setting”.