November start set for YPG student scheme

Smartphone chip designer ARM Holdings is close to agreeing the lease on 13,400 sq ft within Aviva Investor’s recently refurbished Eleven Portland Street, with an option to take the whole 19,000 sq ft seventh floor.

Co-working pioneer WeWork has announced it will be opening its second Manchester location, a 40,000 sq ft space in One St Peter’s Square, just months after confirming it was taking 60,000 sq ft in No1 Spinningfields.

American private equity group Carlyle has sold the 400,000 sq ft Salford office development to the Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund, for £60m.

Work has begun on a residential development of 120 homes on a 9-acre site in Rossmore, Ellesmere Port.

The Northern Arc proposal led by Ryder Architecture and Arup has been selected as one of ten winners in the Hyperloop One Global Challenge, a competition to see where pod-based high-speed transport systems could be implemented.

The mansard roof at 30 Brown Street has been removed as Russells Construction continues the conversion of the building into The Core.

Peel Ports has announced that it is in advanced contract discussions with both a rail provider and shippers, with the aim of running the first services for its customers before the end of 2017.

After a series of bumper planning committees, Manchester City Council's September meeting will consider a selection of smaller-scale schemes, including a set of townhouses on the edge of the Gay Village, proposed by Watch This Space, and a Big Yellow storage facility in Castlefield.

Lancashire County Council is in the market for a contractor to refurbish the Greyhound Bridge in Lancaster in a project estimated at £4m.

The outlook for retail includes both uncertainty and opportunity, according to a panel of industry experts speaking at the latest Place North West event last week.