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Working for UAE-based investor Select Group, the contractor has delivered an expansion and refurbishment of the Cheshire golf and spa destination, now billed as Fairmont Cheshire, The Mere.

The Liverpool and Leeds-based designer and installer of mechanical, electrical, and plumbing services, has upgraded its presence at the annual international property convention.

Three design options are on the table for a critical element of the Lake District town’s gateway masterplan.

The city council has approved changes including a reconfigured lobby and relocated roof terrace at Kier’s long-awaited 111,000 sq ft office scheme.

Designed by Ollier Smurthwaite Architects, the 10-acre Moor Lane scheme is billed as a “farmstead-inspired” residential development.

Architect Corstorphine & Wright will lead a design team to map out the remaining space at the new-build Birkenhead blocks, after a £600,000 contract was signed off by the council.

Westmorland and Furness Council said the National Lottery Heritage Fund’s decision to turn down a £3.5m bid to expand The Coro was “very disappointing” but that efforts to work up a business case for the building’s regeneration would continue.

Great buildings start with great design. A&B Engineering technical director Phil Godfrey spoke with Place North West about how technology has improved outcomes for development projects.

Situated next to Storyhouse and opposite Chester Market, Kirkton House and its surrounding Hunter Street properties have been targeted for demolition applications for more than two decades.

Ivor Phillips has joined the small but growing architecture practice from Broadway Malyan, where he worked for nearly 20 years.

Detailed plans are now open for consultation, with an application due to be submitted this summer as the council looks to tackle the much-maligned public space.

Eric Wright Construction and Cassidy + Ashton are leading on a project to bring the former Beechmere care home site back into use, after it was ravaged by fire in 2019.

Rejected by the local council, the redevelopment of Manley House is back on after a Planning Inspectorate decision ruled in favour of applicant Proimage.

Bowmer + Kirkland is lined up to deliver 137,000 sq ft of new-build education space, replacing a collection of older buildings at Castlegate Drive.

A framework for residential development across the city and a vision of more than 7,000 homes and a linear park on 100 acres of brownfield land were finalised at yesterday’s city council cabinet meeting.

A 71,000 sq ft four-storey building within the Mereside life sciences campus is being teed up for a change of use to healthcare.

Danny Barlow Construction will deliver workspace and short stay accommodation along with retail and F&B in a £3.5m project led by BDN.

By the time Labour gathers for conference at the end of the summer, Andy Burnham could be the party’s leader and the country’s prime minister. If he gets the keys, the housing question he inherits is the one almost everybody in this industry has now quietly accepted has failed, writes Phil Cooper of Hope Architects. 

Consulted on in January, St Helens Council has now submitted proposals to revamp and extend the historic town centre building, much of which has been closed in recent years.