M7 pulls off brace of industrial deals

Developer Muse and contractor Bowmer & Kirkland are set to hand over a 100,000 sq ft headquarters for Conwy Council in early October, while proposals to redevelop the town’s grade two-listed Civic Centre are currently being drawn up.

Global construction and engineering giant Bechtel has been appointed as project management contractor on the £20bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant on Anglesey, as the nuclear plant’s operator pledged to deliver the scheme for “cheaper than what has gone before”.

Regional REIT, which is asset-managed by London & Scottish Investments, has exchanged and completed on contracts to buy eight assets for £31.4m, including the Parkway Business Centre in Deeside.

With London Euston set to close to all rail services from the North over the next three weekends, the remaining options for rail travel to the capital have been set out by operator Virgin Trains.

Immediate land opportunities in the North West and North Wales are to be the focus for the housebuilder’s four-strong team, which is to be led by land director John Cooper.

Conwy County Council is looking to appoint a development partner for its outdated leisure site at Rhos-on-Sea.

A planning application for the redevelopment of the Wrexham campus of Coleg Cambria has been filed, involving the demolition of existing buildings, to be replaced by a new facility for catering, arts and sports students.

Cheshire-based document shredding company Topwood has bought a three-acre site on Wrexham Industrial Estate to house a 60,000 sq ft storage facility as it plans an expansion into North Wales.

Working on behalf of Logik Strategic Land, Pegasus Group’s Liverpool office has secured planning permission for a £50m biogas facility on Deeside Industrial Estate, part of the Flintshire Enterprise Zone.