Salford seeks feedback on Crescent masterplan

A project to restore the grade one-listed building on The Esplanade will start in January after the council secured £8.3m from the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

CJM Investment’s plans for 367 apartments on the former Arkady Craigmillar factory site in Trafford Bar have been approved by the council and a delivery partner is sought.

The investor’s plans for the former B&Q site next to Old Trafford Cricket Ground once again look destined to fail, despite the scheme being scaled back to 333 apartments following an earlier refusal.

Architecture and design practice AEW Architects has completed a management buyout led by managing director Andy Rainford and director Colin Savage.

The company that manages Stockport Council’s social housing has launched Dash Architecture, to design a range of projects from housing to dementia care, with its profits redirected into community initiatives. 

Developer Jumani Holdings has lodged fresh plans for 88 apartments over 13 storeys at a site close to Trafford Town Hall.

The Pozzoni-designed refurbishment of the 30,000 sq ft 3 Barrington Road, formerly known as the Southmark Building and owned by asset manager Colombia Threadneedle, has completed

A plan to revitalise Withington Village, with a focus on improving connectivity and public realm, is to go before Manchester City Council’s executive next week ahead of a period of consultation. 

The Build Back Better campaign presents an opportunity to challenge the status quo, writes Tom Jonson of LUC.