The supermarket giant, which vacated Tritax Symmetry's Tectonic warehouse at Stakehill Industrial Estate in 2010, has now reoccupied the chilled and cold storage distribution unit in order to cope with extra demand caused by the coronavirus.
The 190,000 sq ft Manchester Central Convention Centre is to be converted into a temporary hospital with 1,000 beds for coronavirus patients and is expected to be operational by mid-April.
IBI Group has appointed Peter Ridley, formerly a partner at Foster & Partners and head of architecture for Atkins in China, as head of its Manchester studio.
Infrared Capital Partners has proposed a 147,000 sq ft industrial development at Triumph Business Park in Speke, which if approved would bring the total business park to almost 1m sq ft.
Long-awaited plans to regenerate an area destroyed by a gas explosion in New Ferry in 2017 have taken a step forward as the council continues its search for a development partner.
Blue buildings, daubed doors, pretty plaques, skeletal sculptures and a new take on a pub quiz.
The power to decide on major Manchester planning applications has now been delegated to council chief executive Joanne Roney, alongside chair of the planning committee Cllr Basil Curley and deputy chair Cllr Nasrin Ali.
Eddie Smith, director of growth and development at Manchester City Council, has pushed back his planned departure from the council in order to stay on in the face of the coronavirus outbreak.
The Government has announced a much-anticipated income support scheme for the self-employed to give similar protection to other workers during the coronavirus pandemic, a move which has led to calls for further closures of construction sites.
The housebuilder’s application for 272 homes in its next phase of work at Ledsham Garden Village in Little Sutton has been given the go-ahead by Cheshire West & Chester Council.
As the NHS leads the fight against coronavirus, the North West property community is attempting to lend a helping hand with one Manchester-based firm offering 35,000 sq ft across three vacant buildings for the health service to occupy.
The construction company has been named the preferred bidder to build a 115,000 sq ft replacement to the existing Saddleworth School in Oldham.
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