Aegon offloads Lancashire retail park
The fund manager sold the 80,000 sq ft New Hall Hey Retail Park off Swanney Lodge Road in Rawtenstall to local investor LSC Property Holdings for an undisclosed sum.
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Funds approved for Project Neptune
Wyre Council has agreed to use Government funding to acquire commercial units earmarked for redevelopment as part of the mixed-use transformation of Fleetwood Docks.
Funding boost for Eden Project North
The Lancashire Enterprise Partnership has committed £1.2m to help cover costs as a planning application is progressed for the Morecambe attraction.
Eden Project asks for £70m from Govt
The estimated cost of delivering the Eden North attraction in Morecambe is around £125m, up from an initial £85m, according to the developer's funding request submitted to Whitehall this month.
Trio among first seven Town Deals offered
Blackpool, Barrow-in-Furness and Warrington are among the first seven locations to have funding bids accepted as part of the Government’s much-vaunted levelling-up programme.
Blackpool seeks help for stricken hospitality trade
Business leaders in Blackpool have sent an open letter to Boris Johnson, describing how tier 3 measures imposed ahead of the half-term break have had a devastating impact on its £1.6bn hospitality industry.
Trio of councils pursue cross-border Bay Area authority
The local authorities of Barrow, Lancaster and South Lakeland have confirmed their support to progress a process that could lead to a formal bid for a new unitary council governing Morecambe Bay.
Masterplanner sought for GSK’s Cumbria ‘catalyst’
A working group led by local MP Simon Fell is looking for a consultant to develop a vision for the coastal site in Ulverston offered for development by the pharma giant.
Blackpool goes for additional £50m support
The council has lodged a bid for £50m from the Towns Fund to revitalise the town having already asked Government for £25m for nine town centre projects and received £8.6m from the Getting Building Fund to revamp Abingdon Street Market and extend Houndshill Shopping Centre.
Blackpool progresses trio of major schemes
Stanley Park Golf Club’s redevelopment, construction of a 40,000 sq ft factory in the airport enterprise zone, and compulsory purchase powers to accelerate the £300m Blackpool Central leisure scheme, have been voted forward by the council.
