Fred Done JV gets £15m for phase two of Barnes Hospital

Cheshire West & Chester Council has spent nearly £1m on fees since late 2016 on the mixed-use Northgate project, with some professional services companies racking up six-figure sums in less than a year, a freedom of information request by Place North West has revealed.

As demolition work at Stretford Mall gets under way, proposals have been put forward to knock down O’Briens at the site’s southern end, despite claims earlier this year the pub would be retained.

Private-rented specialist Sigma Capital and housebuilder Countryside have agreed a deal to deliver 5,000 homes over the next three years.

Following the award of its £2bn framework earlier this month, Procure North West has started the race for an additional £400m framework, this time covering smaller construction projects worth up to £1m, as well as building services contracts up to £10m.

Advised by Cheetham & Mortimer, developer Nikal has put a prominent building on Manchester’s Victoria Street, made up of apartments and the Hanging Ditch wine merchants, on the market with an asking price in excess of £500,000.

The developer has snapped up the 22,000 sq ft Progress Centre in Ardwick with plans in place to convert the Victorian mill into flexible office space.

Wates has been chosen to build the Saughall Massie fire station for Merseyside Fire & Rescue Services, nearly a year after plans for the project were approved by Wirral Council, despite local opposition.

Urban Splash chairman Tom Bloxham said the developer’s acquisition of modular manufacturer SIG Building Systems’ assets earlier this year was “a statement of intent” although the business reported a fall in turnover and profit in its latest financial results.

Pinnacle Residential Liverpool, the company behind the development of Victoria House, owed investors nearly £2.2m when it collapsed earlier this year, an administrators’ report has revealed.