Livesey set to start on Alderley homes

Vengrove, the real estate investment management firm, has been given an £8.5m senior loan to finance the development of a logistics scheme at Agecroft Commerce Park, Salford.

A £12.5m proposal for the redevelopment of Broughton House in Salford, the North West’s only home for ex-servicemen and women, was approved by the council this month.

Plans to increase the supply of homes across the North West could be stalled by the Government’s recent proposal to standardise the method for calculating housing need, according to Barton Willmore.

The food chain will be leaving its ground floor site in the 141,700 sq ft dining destination on Exchange Street in Manchester after just two years.

Demolition contractor Thompsons of Prudhoe is due to complete the removal of Armstrong House and the Mancunian Way spur within Circle Square by the end of the year, clearing space for a hybrid hotel and multi-storey car park.

Bolton Council’s cabinet has approved the framework for the £1bn redevelopment of its town centre.

Atlas Residential and IP Investment Management are to forward-fund a £55m PRS apartment scheme at MediaCityUK.

Stefan Trebicki has joined Select Property Group from SimpsonHaugh as design architect.

As Government-backed research base Sensor City welcomes its first tech start-up tenants, Place North West visits the 25,000 sq ft building which is the first piece in Liverpool's university enterprise zone.