Ask submits plan for £30m Manchester airport industrial

Contractors have been invited to bid for the chance to build 630 homes as part of efforts to regenerate the town centre.

Successful regeneration stories run on ambition and partnership – two themes that should filter straight through from the masterplan to the project level, write Angela Mansell and Darren Perkins.

Officers have recommended that the local authority approve both an expansion to research facilities at Health Innovation One and a neighbourhood extension to Halton by Applethwaite Homes.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Worley have won the engineering, procurement, and construction management contract to deliver the Padeswood carbon capture and storage plant – a key piece of infrastructure that will unlock the production of EvoZero cement.

Baxter Homes’ 142-property scheme off Copp Lane forms part of a wider 88-acre housing allocation west of the settlement.

A 96-acre swathe of land fronting the Mersey between Fiddler’s Ferry and the Mersey Gateway Bridge could be redeveloped into units ranging from 1,000 sq ft to 500,000 sq ft.

Gary Neville’s development company has acquired the regeneration opportunity from Property Alliance Group, tightening its grip on the St Mary’s Parsonage regeneration zone.

Keen to gain an intimate understanding of how the public and private sectors are thinking about the future, the growing construction firm is heading to Cannes with Place in 2026 for a week of relationship building and information gathering.

Representing the final stage in the Edge Lane complex’s redevelopment, M&S Food is already lined up to step into 24,500 sq ft of the 40,000 sq ft of retail space created in the phase.

Overcrowding on the Manchester station’s only two through-platforms continues to cause a headache for Network Rail, which is exploring a possible solution.

Walker & Williams is looking to sell the 9,300 sq ft property off Derby Street, which benefits from having planning permission in place to become an aparthotel with a two-storey extension, restaurant, and bar.

Etonbrook Andrews wants to redevelop a 23-acre two-parcel vacant site off Manor Lane in Hawarden into an industrial scheme designed by PACE Architecture.

The joint venture with plans to regenerate 60 acres next to Manchester Airport is preparing to submit proposals for the 1.2m sq ft first phase of the campus, including a 1,500-space multi-storey car park and a clutch of mid-tech units.

Epsicap REIM has acquired the 140-bed hotel from Seneca Property.

Calendars, commemorations, and close calls.

The Populous-designed redevelopment of the Kop Stand at the STōK Cae Ras stadium is set to be completed by the contractor during the 2026/27 season and will increase the ground’s capacity to 18,000.

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A lack of supply and an increasing number of occupiers seeking the very best space will continue to drive rental growth in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, and Sheffield in 2026, according to a report on the regional workspace landscape by Lambert Smith Hampton.