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.
The final phase of The Slate Yard build-to-rent development at the consortium’s Salford mixed-use scheme has completed ahead of schedule, comprising 199 apartments.
The residential market is shifting in terms of its offer to buyers and tenants, but the journey towards creating homes fit for the future is only just beginning, according to speakers at the latest Place North West event.
The developer, which is working in a joint venture with Oldham Council to deliver the £35m Hollinwood Junction mixed-use scheme, plans to sell a brownfield plot at the site and has sought approval from the council.
