Warrington nursery gets underway

Mersey Bank House on Barbauld Street is to become one of the university's new town centre locations, after it bought the property as part of plans to relocate from its Padgate Campus. 

The regeneration specialist has named Nathan Astley as its new commercial director for the region.

Completion of the residential development in central Warrington has been pushed back several months to early next year as construction work pauses while the developer reviews its delivery programme.

The developer plans to create a coffee shop and events space on the ground floor of the former Parr’s Bank on Winwick Street, having started work to convert the building into a hotel. 

Warrington Council is to approve the relocation of the town’s bus depot, which would then free up land around Wilderspool Causeway for the creation of up to 1,300 homes. 

Construction of Super W, a 244,000 sq ft industrial unit on the site of the former Travis Perkins distribution hub on Appleton Thorn Trading Estate, is to begin next month and complete in Q3.

The university is in talks to relocate its Warrington campus to the £142m town centre mixed-use scheme being delivered by the council and Muse Developments.

The county is well placed to bounce back from the economic hit of the pandemic, but the speed at which the private and public sectors can respond to changing trends will be key to Cheshire's recovery, according to panellists at a Place North West event.

Outline plans for 617 homes at Warringon’s Omega South look set to be given the green light next week.