Vita plots tower on Manchester’s Port Street

The National Trust is working with Highways England’s Historical Railways Estate team to transform the 1892 Manchester viaduct into a public space.

The grade two-listed Victorian railway arches would also hold an aquarium and bar at Salboy’s 40-storey Manchester residential tower, under the developer's latest plans.

The joint venture between Manchester City Council and Far East Consortium has been granted approval to deliver 244 homes as part of the wider £4bn Victoria North project.

Detailed designs are to be drawn up for the 7,500 sq ft power facility in the city’s strategic Southern Corridor, close to Oxford Road innovation district, with a start on site due in the autumn.

The listed developer, part of the consortium delivering Manchester’s £1.4bn Mayfield regeneration, said it would spend the next year “resetting the business” after reporting an £86m loss last month.

Manchester Creative Digital Assets has appointed PRP to design a 70,000 sq ft expansion of the Manchester film and TV studio amid increasing popularity of on-demand platforms like Netflix.

The US-based strategic consultancy will project manage Oak View Group's £350m arena venture in East Manchester.

The vehicle rental company will now start building three industrial units totalling 90,000 sq ft on land previously occupied by AstraZeneca at North Manchester Business Park.

The development arm of Clarion Housing Group has acquired the Great Ducie Street plot from LTE Group and plans to build 442 homes next to The Manchester College’s £93m city centre digital and creative campus.