Mulbury hires in-house lawyer

Entrepreneur Colin Shenton, founder of pay-per-minute co-working space Ziferblat, said Liverpool would be the next North West location for co-living concept Oppidan after the success of Manchester's Swan Street.  

Renaker Build is moving forward with two 51-storey towers as part of its large-scale redevelopment of Great Jackson Street on the edge of Manchester city centre, including more than 850 apartments. 

Residential developer Mulbury has appointed Deborah McLaughlin, formerly of GL Hearn and Homes England, as a non-executive director and strategic advisor.

The clamour for a city centre park in Manchester is growing louder, but a redesign of the Mancunian Way could provide the opportunity to make Hulme Park just that, writes an urban planner.

Manchester City Council is set to release land at Blackrock Street in Beswick for housing provider One Manchester to build up to 25 social homes.

Esther McVey, housing minister, has said Manchester "needs to make sure it lives up to the powers it's already got", particularly in pushing through the delayed Greater Manchester Spatial Framework.  

Renaker is targeting November to submit a hybrid planning application for three towers of between 41 and 50 storeys at Salford's Greengate.

Work has begun on the second phase of a £3.7m housing development in Eccles being built to support tenants at risk of becoming homeless.