Rochdale picks free school site

Developer and contractor Pochin’s has put its 250,000 sq ft Cheshire Investment Portfolio on the market, with a price tag of around £14m.

The developer has put forward proposals to demolish an existing commercial unit off Cross Street, next to its Citygate development, and build a 24,000 sq ft self-storage unit in its place.

The refurbishment of the grade two-listed building in Manchester to create 45,000 sq ft of offices has completed two months ahead of schedule.

A 28-apartment block replacing The Dell pub and a McDonalds restaurant in Prenton, both of which have attracted significant local opposition, are set to be signed off by the council next week.

Contractors including Seddon, Kier, and Willmott Dixon have been picked for a £500m construction framework covering public sector projects across all six North Wales Local Authorities.

Triton Construction has announced that Paul Clarkson has been appointed managing director, to head up the business based across the North West and Yorkshire.

The construction of 431 student bedrooms on the bank of the River Lune in Lancaster is on track to complete in August 2020, a project which has been planned since 2002.

Bardsley is no longer involved with the 261-bedroom hotel for client Qbic after both parties failed to agree a “mutually acceptable way forward”.

Work has started on a 97,000 sq ft warehouse on Goodlass Road, Speke, for clients of Prime Property Consultancy.