Plans in for Altrincham’s Old Market Place

The fate of the multi-billion-pound high-speed rail project, and associated large-scale developments around Manchester and Crewe, will be decided by the autumn after the Government confirmed it has commissioned a review into “whether and how HS2 should proceed”.

The full line-up of speakers has been revealed for the Future of Retail conference on 12 September, including Intu Trafford Centre, McDonald's, Liverpool One, and Enterprise Nation.

Global venue developer and investor Oak View Group has been named as the backer potentially set to deliver a 20,000-capacity arena in Manchester's Eastlands.

Buzz Ventures has proposed an 11,000 sq ft dining venue for the roof of the Q-Park at First Street, featuring eight restaurants and three bars in a mix of indoor and outdoor seating.

There's more to Wigan than just pie shops: reinvigorating the high street and driving the night-time economy will need to be the catalyst to get wider development under way, writes Tom Hargreaves of Anderton Gables.

Offices at Chester Business Park and Dovecote Business Park in Sale have been sold as part of a wider £25.9m portfolio acquisition by the Regional REIT.

A building made up of 50 apartments has been completed on Morecambe Promenade, on the site of the former Broadway Hotel, built by local developer MH Stainton Homes.

Working with housing provider Clwyd Alyn, the Deeside-based contractor has started on a £3.1m scheme to deliver 30 retirement apartments in Connah’s Quay.

In its latest application for the area off Riverbank Road, the developer has brought forward plans to build five industrial units totalling nearly 50,000 sq ft on a vacant site in Bromborough.

Schemes in Cumbria, Wigan, Cheadle, and Liverpool have all been put forward as part of a £700m funding pitch to the Government by Transport for the North.