Capital&Centric’s Weir Mill tops out as Stockport’s reputation soars

Delivered in partnership with Cheyne Capital, Alexandra Mill is being operated by Anavo Group to provide residents with 24-hour access to general nursing, residential, and dementia provision.

Once home to the now-demolished Hartford Mill, plans are in the works for around 250 homes at the 8.7-acre North Werneth site.

Eric Wright Civil Engineering started work yesterday on the £27m project’s second phase, which will see The Pools and the empty Staples building torn down off James Street.

Altrincham-based New Care has delivered the 64-bedroom centre off Blackburn Road, where the Egerton House Hotel once stood.

Hyndburn Council has chosen the contractor to revitalise the town’s centre through the redevelopment of three heritage sites – the Victorian Market Hall, Market Chambers, and Burtons Chambers.

Located in Farington, the complex will provide a second home for the county’s cricket club and house a centre of excellence for women’s cricket in the North West. 

CR Construction is building the 275-apartment Crown View, the third residential block in the developer’s 634-home scheme in Manchester’s emerging Red Bank neighbourhood.

Developer Legacie and housing association South Liverpool Homes have partnered together to deliver the £14m Garston scheme, which has had planning permission since 2020.

HMS Construction is expecting a spring 2025 completion for its delivery of 40 affordable homes at Somerset Street in Parr, as part of the housing provider’s regeneration commitments in the borough.

The Ministry of Defence has hired main contractor McLaughlin & Harvey to construct an 807,300 sq ft distribution centre in Longtown.

Eyeing a summer 2025 completion date, the contractor is working on behalf of The Guinness Partnership to build 131 affordable apartments on a plot behind the town hall.

Rowlinson is on site building the 85-bedroom facility as part of the first phase of residences in Peel’s wider £1bn masterplan for the area between the Trafford Centre and Manchester Ship Canal.

Metropolitan Workshop, Shedkm, Mace and Montagu Evans will prepare a development brief as the council looks to bring forward a 28-acre neighbourhood next to the site.

The developer will start the first phase of Your Housing Group’s Orchard View, a 380-home scheme off Hargreaves Road, this month. 

Lee Sale will lead McGoff’s newly formed housing division, while Peter Croft has been hired to head up the group’s M&E subsidiary. 

A planning application is due later this year outlining the specifics of the developer’s ambitions to create 32,000 sq ft of workspace in the modernist structure.

With an expected summer 2025 completion date, the 130,000 sq ft Women and Children’s Building will sit on the southern tip of the hospital site off Liverpool Road.

With an eye on a February 2024 start date, Rochdale Development Agency is offering a £4m-£5m contract to transform the grade two-listed art gallery and museum into a multidisciplinary cultural hub.

Construction will start off Buckley Hill Lane next month to build 63 properties, of which 18 will be acquired by the council.