Bridge installed at Airport City

Main contractor Sir Robert McAlpine has reached practical completion on the £25m and 92,000 sq ft Manchester development, to be occupied in full by life sciences firm Qiagen.

Sci-Tech Daresbury has confirmed the appointment of the contractor to deliver the £15m three-building development, which will offer a total of 42,000 sq ft for science and technology-focused businesses.

Liverpool contractor Crossfield Construction has begun work on a £2.6m project at the Preston college, to create dedicated space for students on the newly introduced technical-based courses.

Teams of on-site workers have been cracking on with projects throughout much of lockdown. Now, as many of us start to venture back into the office, Place North West wants to capture the momentum that has been maintained across the region and present it in a series of special features.

VU.CITY, the fully interactive 3D smart city platform, which now covers 124 sq km of Manchester and Salford and has launched digital twins of Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield and 15 other cities, is currently offering a free trial on any of their cities.

The North West property community’s favourite night out will be held at Kimpton Clocktower, formally the Principal Hotel Manchester, on Thursday 11 February 2021.

The Lancashire branch of the Flintshire-based housebuilder has started building its 72-home scheme off Garstang Road north of Preston and work is due to complete by 2023. 

The £330m refurbishment and upgrade of Manchester’s grade one-listed town hall will finally start after the project was delayed due to Covid-19 and the discovery of peregrine falcons nesting in the clock tower.