Jones Melling adds to architecture team
In its fifth hire in the last month, Robert Barker has joined the consultant as an architectural technician, bringing staff numbers up to 21.
Welsh Mountain Zoo to start £1m snow leopard project
Wynne Construction will start work on the redesigned enclosure for the zoo’s snow leopards in the autumn after the project secured planning permission.
Aecom appoints regional design lead
Global infrastructure services giant Aecom has hired Neil Lewin to lead its northern design practice.
Latest phase of Alchemy reaches completion
Element, the £8m second phase of development at Network Space’s Alchemy Business Park in Knowsley, has been completed by Caddick Construction.
HS2 chooses Manchester base
HS2 Ltd, the company established to deliver high-speed railway connections between key cities, has signed terms on office space at Barlow House, Minshull Street.
Work starts on Rochdale health centre
Nu Construction has started on site with the £2.3m facility at Kirkholt in Rochdale, to be delivered for Eric Wright Group's care division and One Partnership.
Leigh mill scheme to complete this year
Local business JP McGuire Developments expects to reach completion within 2019 on its £13m conversion of a cotton mill on the bank of the Bridgewater Canal into 98 apartments.
Lenehan joins DMWR
Architect DMWR has hired Chris Lenehan, previously of Saunders, to manage its Manchester office.
Mulbury reveals Boothstown plans
The residential developer’s Mulbury Living open market division is to build 20 homes on vacant land off Simpson Grove in Boothstown, Salford.
Mission Mars to open in Liverpool’s Casartelli Building
Leisure operator Mission Mars is to open Albert’s Schenke, a sister operation to the popular Albert’s Schloss in Manchester, in the landmark building at the junction of Hanover Street and Duke Street.
Enterprise Zone plans lodged in Blackpool
Outline proposals have been submitted for a first, 81-acre phase of development at Blackpool Airport Enterprise Zone, including close to 1m sq ft of industrial space, a sports village and a gateway access road.
Cinema to expand at Stockport’s Redrock
The Light will take an additional 4,400 sq ft to open two additional screens at the leisure-led development in the town centre.
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