Next phase of Birchwood warehouses set to begin
Caddick Construction is due to start work next month on five industrial units totalling 170,000 sq ft at Birchwood Park.
Developer to showcase £1.2bn Bolton masterplan
Working with Bolton Council, developer Midia is to open a 6,000 sq ft exhibition space in the former Beales department store opposite the town hall to showcase the area's £1.2bn masterplan.
Wirral Waters gets £6m funding boost
Wirral Council has secured £6m from the Government to bring forward more than 1,100 homes at the mixed-use site, while the council is also set to back Peel with a £1.5m grant to deliver an industrial scheme.
Stockport Interchange moves to next phase
The mixed-use project has secured unanimous backing from Stockport Council’s planning committee with a number of major contractors expressing an interest in delivering the scheme.
Renaker hires Sidlow from Allied London
James Sidlow has joined Renaker from Allied London to lead on the developer and contractor’s masterplan at Great Jackson Street in Manchester.
Two in race for £32m UCLan student centre
Bam and Bowmer & Kirkland have been shortlisted for the Hawkins\Brown-designed building in Preston, set to provide 78,500 sq ft of education and amenity space.
Cheshire East to green light £42m Crewe roads package
The council is set to give planning permission to the North West Crewe roads package, designed to unlock land to support the construction of 1,350 homes to the north of the town.
Approval for £175m Cumbria coal mine
Cumbria County Council has backed plans for a £175m metallurgical coal mine on a brownfield site near Whitehaven with work set to get under way by the end of the year.
Burnley’s UCLan campus moves forward at Sandygate Square
Working in partnership with Burnley Council and Barnfield Construction, the university is set to win planning consent for a student accommodation scheme on the site of the Neptune pub at Sandygate Square.
Kier set for £21m Jodrell Bank project
The contractor is set to be picked for First Light, a £21m scheme including a visitors’ centre, exhibition space and auditorium at the observatory near Congleton.
