Developer Nikal is targeting autumn 2019 for the submission of a planning application for the first phase of the £300m Blackpool Central, as negotiations progress with the council over the acquisition of land.
The 360,000 sq ft building in Liverpool is understood to be under offer with a quoting price of around £70m, around two years after it was purchased by Shelborn Asset Management for £42m.
Property management firm Meanwhile Creative has put forward a temporary planning application to develop a shipping container-based business hub on a two-acre plot on Pollard Street East in Manchester.
Liverpool City Council has suggested there are “compelling arguments” for expanding the city’s World Heritage Site to include areas such as Rodney Street, Chinatown, and Hartley’s southern docks, with a feasibility study due to be put together in the coming months.
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Landmark Investments has purchased the freehold ground rent of the 212-apartment Fusion scheme next to Middlewood Locks from Taylor Wimpey in a deal completed in two days.
Bruntwood has set aside £50m to invest in improving its existing office portfolio, with the first schemes at 111 Piccadilly and Blackfriars House in Manchester set to start on site in June.
Applethwaite Homes is set to build 30 homes in Feniscliffe after winning a role as Blackburn with Darwen Council’s preferred partner for the three-acre plot ahead of nine other bidders.
Eddie Stobart Logistics will hold a public consultation as it looks to resubmit planning for its National Distribution Centre on green belt land near Warrington, which was refused by the council last November.
Casey has appointed Neil Pickering, formerly of GL Hearn and Homes England, as head of development.
The documents show the latest proposals for Everton’s 52,000-seat stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock in Liverpool, although the designs are understood to be subject to change ahead of a planning application later this year.
