Countryside lines up Partington homes

The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.

Developers Peel Investments North and Countryside Properties have lodged amended plans for 449 homes off Lock Lane, next to the Manchester Ship Canal. 

Regenda subsidiary M&Y Construction has been appointed by the council to redevelop the Brackley House care home site into affordable housing, after the original contractor went into administration.

The joint venture between Greater Manchester Combined Authority and 10 housing associations plans to build 100 homes on a brownfield site in Castleton, part of a 7,000-unit programme covering land around the borough’s five stations.

The 26,000 sq ft Diamond House in Salford is to be converted into up to 83 apartments under new proposals, potentially triggering a move for the local housing organisation.

The council has submitted a bid to the Government’s Towns Fund, with an advanced manufacturing institute within Kingsway Business Park at the heart of its proposal.

The city has approved its largest public housing project in 50 years, declaring that a further 3,000 homes could follow over the next decade.

The developer has struck a deal with Bolton Council to redevelop the former market precinct in Farnworth town centre, which the council purchased from regeneration specialist St Modwen last year.

Two national brands have agreed pre-lets for retail space, while the Ritz car park and former Greenhale House residential plots have buyers standing by, according to a council report.