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The 166,000 sq ft council-owned office is still vacant following completion last summer but the authority said there is a high level of interest in the Greengate asset from potential buyers and occupiers. 

After a string of retail closures on the Manchester street during lockdown, the asset manager has units to fill and the soon-to-be-redeveloped House of Fraser could provide a solution to its high vacancy rates.

Towns such as Bolton, Cheadle, Preston and Southport were awarded a share of £186m from the Government’s £3.6bn Towns Fund, but the Budget stopped short of allocating significant new money for North West projects. 

Goldman Sachs' £150m acquisition of 900 North West homes in January is a signifier of healthy investor sentiment for the year ahead, according to JLL's latest Regional Property Predictions report.

Separate acquisitions by Warrington Council and Pictet Alternative contributed to £325m of deals recorded in the city's office market last year, more than any other major UK city outside London, according to Avison Young. 

The private bank is relocating from 3 Hardman Street in Manchester to No.1 Spinningfields, where it will occupy 11,300 sq ft on the 14th floor of the Schroders-owned block.

The Greater Manchester, Merseyside and West Yorkshire pension funds have appointed 27 companies to provide services across their combined £46bn property portfolio, to enable "a more cost-effective approach".

A long-awaited public consultation has opened to help shape future design proposals for the much-criticised public square and surrounding areas.

Eleven posts could be axed in the city council’s planning and building control department unless additional funding is found, as the local authority reviews budgets amid Covid-19.