Urbanbubble targets expansion and new staff in 2020

Bruntwood saw its pre-tax profits fall by more than 55% in 2019, following a profit spike the previous year when it formed a joint venture with Legal & General.

Trafford Council is set to approve a joint venture with Trafford Housing Trust, which could see the construction of 150 homes in Old Trafford.

ForViva’s housing arm, ForHousing, has submitted a full planning application to build 394 homes on a 2.8-acre site on Ordsall Lane and Fairbrother Street in Salford.

Renaker Build has finished construction of the 67-storey South Tower at Deansgate Square. The first tenants are due to move in next month.

Residential developer Mulbury has appointed Elisabeth Williams as its in-house legal director. 

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.