Chester practice adds architect
Base Architecture & Design has added to its Cheshire team, hiring Rachel O’Hare from Sheppard Robson as it looks to double the size of its office.
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Pochin’s adds to Crewe holdings
The Cheshire property company has expanded its holdings within Crewe Business Park with the acquisition of a vacant office and development plot, and has revealed plans for a 30,000 sq ft building for occupier Radius on the site.
Johnson looks to repeat market magic in Macc
Nick Johnson, the ex-Urban Splash man at the head of Altrincham’s market-led renaissance and Manchester’s Mackie Mayor, has lodged plans for a food hall at Macclesfield’s Picturedrome.
Unanimous refusal for Cheshire East quarry housing
A reserved matters application by Persimmon for 350 homes at White Moss Quarry, Alsager has been turned down in line with officer recommendations, with pointed criticism of the local authority’s planning service coming from the applicant.
Cheshire East set to reject 350 homes over design guide issues
Plans for 350 homes at White Moss Quarry in Alsager have been recommended for refusal after planners criticised the scheme for not adhering to the borough's design guide, despite part of the proposals being prepared by the design guide's author, eScape Urbanists.
London practice swoops for Architect-CT
London-headquartered Darling Associates has acquired Architect-CT, a leisure and hospitality specialist practice based in Wilmslow, for an undisclosed sum.
C4 appoints director from Fletcher Rae
Lymm-based C4 Consulting has hired industrial and logistics specialist David Cunningham from Fletcher Rae.
Gillespies hires from Studio Egret West
Landscape architecture and urban design practice Gillespies has expanded its team with the appointment of Chris Wong as a principal urban designer.
MIPIM | Alderley Park targets 2019 for 150,000 sq ft refurb
Work is on schedule for completion in January on the £28m redevelopment of the former oncology research buildings cluster within Alderley Park, a project that will bring 150,000 sq ft of space aimed at tech companies to the Cheshire market.
First Techspace building full at Daresbury
G3G, a business that works as a SAP partner to high growth organisations, is to take 4,300 sq ft in Techspace Two at Sci-Tech Daresbury, meaning the 10,000 sq ft building is now fully let.
