Gulliver’s goes large with latest leisure plans

The 362-home development on John Street, due to complete in June 2021, has been backed by Barclays Bank as part of a £40m debt funding deal.

Permission has been granted for a 50,000 sq ft speculative warehouse on the last vacant plot at Appleton Thorn Industrial Estate in Warrington.

Plans to build a 1,000-space multi-storey car park to serve businesses at Birchwood Park are set to be signed off by the council, along with an AEW-designed warehouse at Appleton Thorn.

Property and construction professionals in the North West value flexible working above bonuses and other benefits, according to the findings of the Vertical Salary Review 2019.

A scheme on a long-earmarked central site, comprising 550 apartments, a hotel and 30,000 sq ft of offices, has been submitted to Warrington Council for outline planning consent.

The council has agreed to buy a site at Haydock Green in St Helens, including a 373,000 sq ft unit let to healthcare services firm Movianto.

The prominent site in the town centre is to be redeveloped into a boutique hotel, spa, restaurant, housing, and a public car park after Warrington’s cabinet agreed to dispose of the plot.

Extra MSA Group has progressed its plans for a "new concept" motorway service area at Junction 11 of the M62, set to deliver a mix of food and drink outlets, retail and leisure units, and business facilities.

Natural England is set to secure approval to build a Corten-clad observation tower at the 220-acre nature reserve in Warrington after a previous look-out point was destroyed by a fire.