The collapsed contractor's administrator has sold two plots at Dukinfield Golf Club to housebuilder Elan Homes for £1.8m, and extended the administration period for a further two years to increase the chances of delivering a financial return for creditors owed £45m.
Peel L&P’s proposed multi-modal terminal on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal has been included in Liverpool City Region’s bid for ‘freeport’ status, despite it being in Greater Manchester.
The number of property schemes to complete in 2020 hit another record high, totalling 35 last year compared to 27 in 2019 and driven by the delivery of new homes, but the pace of growth is levelling out, according to Deloitte.
Plans for a new-build facility in Stretford are "no longer financially viable" due to the pandemic, the council said, paving the way for a residential development at the former B&Q site on Great Stone Road.
An outline business case for a £35m package of projects on the key South Manchester route is being prepared for submission to the Department for Transport in March.
The council has moved to tweak a string of development management policies and pushed back formal adoption of the first part of its plan until June 2022.
The Greater Manchester, Merseyside and West Yorkshire pension funds have appointed 27 companies to provide services across their combined £46bn property portfolio, to enable "a more cost-effective approach".
BT’s 175,000 sq ft letting at English Cities Fund's Four New Bailey saw office take-up for the final quarter of 2020 hit 350,000 sq ft, taking the total for the year to 800,000 sq ft, the first time total annual transactions in the city centre have dropped below 1m sq ft since 2013.
This dedicated one-off conference will explore the urgent need for the city region to finalise its plans and keep development on track.
The financial giant's merchant banking division, working with operating partner Pitmore, has acquired a 918-home portfolio of North West rented houses from Gatehouse Bank.
