University plots Knowledge Quarter sports pitch

The private rented sector specialist at Lambert Smith Hampton talks to co-founder and director of Glenbrook, Guy Butler, about whether there are premium rents being paid in the market.

Everton Stadium Developments, the consortium behind Everton FC’s £500m new base at Bramley Moore Dock, has submitted an outline planning application to redevelop the club’s Goodison Park ground.

Gulliver’s World, which owns and operates four theme parks across the country, has submitted an application for a 15-acre expansion into woodland next to its Warrington site, under the Gulliver’s Glade brand.  

A 16,000 sq ft indoor skate park at a North Wales leisure centre is being demolished to construct an emergency hospital for Covid-19 patients.

Property investor Hollins Murray Group has purchased the grade two-listed Haw Bank House from Bruntwood following a refurbishment.

Seddon Construction and K2 Architects have won the contract to deliver the £12m Eureka Mersey, due to open in Wirral in 2022.

London-based investor Octopus Healthcare has bought Bramhall Manor, a 71-bedroom care home, from New Care for £16m in the same week the facility was handed over to the NHS to ease pressure on hospital beds.

Developer Cole Waterhouse’s planned 29-storey apartment block in Salford Quays will include penthouses and a rooftop terrace under an additional application submitted this month.

Following an extensive refurb by Workspace and Sheila Bird, IT support services firm Everything Tech has taken 2,500 sq ft at the Charlotte Street building in Manchester city centre on a five-year lease at £23/sq ft.

The developer is looking to progress the 500-home residential scheme granted outline consent in 2018, with the submission of the project's first full planning application.