Three named in Egremont Castle shortlist

The final part of his contribution to a new book about the Mersey

Jane Davies, chief executive of Manchester Science Park, has been promoted to chairman of the UK Science Park Association.

Property Alliance Group has appointed Adam Higgins from Ask Developments as a new board director to expand its mixed-use urban regeneration division.

Ask Developments and Realty Estates have revealed plans for the £250m redevelopment of the former Boddingtons Brewery site in Manchester.

Virgin Trains and Eurostar are to offer return fares from North West stations to France and Belgium when London’s St Pancras International reopens.

Sportswear giant Adidas has appointed Jones Lang LaSalle to market two large distribution warehouses in Stockport and Lancaster.

Ask Developments has acquired the remaining 15% of its residential subsidiary Abito from co-founder and managing director Les Lang.

Jayne Dowle finds town centre food markets making a welcome comeback

Grosvenor is in advanced talks over the sale of a plot on Hanover Street on the fringe of its Liverpool One retail-led regeneration project.

Urban Splash has won planning consent to redevelop the landmark JCM Building on Edge Lane in Liverpool, formerly the Littlewoods Pools headquarters.

RIBA has launched an international competition to design an observatory at the mouth of the River Mersey in Sefton.

Retail surveyor Tushingham Moore has recruited a director from London-based rival Leslie Furness as it prepares for a push into the south of England.

EasyJet claims it has carried 17.5m passengers through Liverpool John Lennon Airport and generated £160m for the local economy in the past ten years.

MCR Property Group has short-listed three firms to design a replacement for its Dale Street, Manchester building destroyed by fire in April.

The Deva Centre in Salford has been sold by Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund for more than £13.25m to Benmore subsidiary Four Two Four.

Contractor Morgan Ashurst has been appointed by Langtree Group to design and build a 38,000 sq ft office building at Trafford Park, Manchester.

The second part of his chapter for a new book on the River Mersey

Biotech company Renovo Group is to take 25,000 sq ft at the University of Manchester’s Core Technology Facility on Grafton Street due to rapid growth.

Ask Developments has started work on site with the long-awaited redevelopment of Urmston’s shopping centre in Trafford, Greater Manchester.