
Goldman Sachs spends £150m on regional housing
The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.
The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has agreed an additional investment of £2.8m to support the second phase of Knowsley Council’s Kirkby town centre regeneration programme.
A public consultation has been launched for the proposed £54m glass research facility in St Helens, which this month secured Government backing.
A furniture retailer and a paper supplier have signed to occupy 28,500 sq ft and 25,000 sq ft respectively at Boston Park in St Helens.
There are always places and sectors that buck trends, even in challenging times, so which parts of the Liverpool city region’s economy are charging ahead, asked a Place North West event.
The council is to implement a strategy that would allow it to buy assets in the borough to boost revenues in the face of "unprecedented challenges” including lack of Government funding and the pandemic.
Proposals for a waterside events centre, business incubator space and a regeneration of Lord Street, the town’s central retail boulevard, are included in a funding submission to the Government to revive the Merseyside coastal town.
A £1.4m redesign and refurbishment of the town centre market is to commence on Monday, to create a modern dining and events space.
The development of a 158,000 sq ft, £54m R&D facility for the glass industry, next to St Helens’ rugby league stadium, has received a major funding boost with £15m committed by central Government.
The property services company has invested in a unit to expand its existing restoration and content storage offering in the borough.