Council signs off first phase of Chester Northgate

Care home developer and operator New Care, part of the McGoff Group, has completed an £8m refinancing deal with Yorkshire Bank to support its recently-opened £15m scheme in Chester.

The £300m Chester retail and leisure scheme is to welcome Spanish chef Omar Allibhoy’s Tapas Revolution, as Cheshire West & Chester Council confirmed that the public inquiry into the use of compulsory purchase powers for the scheme will begin on 7 February.

A student accommodation block on a gateway site in Chester has been approved after a planning appeal, with an independent inspector stating Cheshire West & Chester Council had made “vague, generalised or inaccurate assertions” when it rejected the scheme last April.

Care home developer New Care and main contractor McGoff Construction will hand over their £15m Grosvenor Manor care home in Chester in February next year.

A 13,500 sq ft Aldi store on the site of a former Mercedes-Benz dealership and a 70-home development in the centre of Northwich are to be discussed by Cheshire West & Chester’s planning committee on Tuesday, both with a recommendation for approval.

A planning application for a new 130,000 sq ft medical school at the University of Chester could be submitted before Christmas, with the university aiming to start construction in spring 2019.

Cheshire West & Chester Council has advertised through OJEU for a construction partner to deliver the £300m Northgate scheme, setting a tentative target of late 2018 for a start on-site.

Join with 100 property professionals on Tuesday to hear from the NHS, Assura, BDP, Proton Partners and Manchester Science Partnerships at a dedicated briefing on the state of the healthcare development and investment market.

Chester’s new £37m arts venue has opened its doors to the public.