Auditors slam HS2 as ‘delayed and over budget’

Six projects are due to receive a combined £14m from the Greater Manchester Combined Authority's housing fund, in the latest wave of investments which would take the total value of loans issued since the fund's launch to £456m.

The Co-op has announced it will work with Chorlton Community Land Trust on proposals for the redevelopment of The Co-op Funeralcare building, accepting the CLT's offer of £2.2m for the site as long as the scheme "delivers key community elements". 

Designs from Buttress Architects for the final phase of Rowlinson's redevelopment of the former Stagecoach site on Princess Road have been revealed, delivering a five-storey later living scheme totalling 40 apartments.

The partnership behind Manchester Science Park has been granted consent to build an 80,000 sq ft technology hub, and plans to start on site in the coming months. 

PIN Property has acquired the 80,000 sq ft office complex off Earl Road in Cheadle for around £6m.

Chorley Council has granted approval to Trafford Housing Trust for the construction of 122 homes on a 26-acre plot.

Plans for a 55-storey residential tower which will become Salford's tallest building have been approved.

Proposals by two different developers to build 300 homes in Macclesfield and Knutsford are recommended for approval by Cheshire East Council next week.

Construction of Anwyl’s latest affordable housing scheme on the site of the former Edelweiss Hotel in Colwyn Bay has begun, with completion targeted for September.

Affordable housing provider Clarion Housing Group has set out proposals for an 11-storey residential scheme between Manchester's Store Street and the Ashton Canal.

Kellogg has confirmed its 525,000 sq ft warehouse letting at Bericote’s 525 Haydock, thought to be the region’s largest speculative industrial unit.