Peel under offer for Barton Square

The developer is to hand over 16-acres of Green Belt to the council in exchange for nine-acres needed to progress plans for a rail link designed to unlock land for the 3.4m sq ft logistics scheme.

Cole Waterhouse and Peveril Securities' hope of bringing forward up to 275,000 sq ft of warehousing close to the AJ Bell Stadium have moved closer after the council approved their bid to buy the site.

Evermark Properties has acquired the 250,000 sq ft building and extended the stay of tenant Manchester Storage by a year.

AM London Fashion is to occupy 16,400 sq ft at Regional Reit's Old Trafford office block, relocating from City Approach in Eccles. 

Southway Housing Trust has bought part of the car park next to the community centre to build 29 affordable apartments in a deal that will see the building retained and allow the club to pay off its debts.

DSG Financial Services has agreed to lease the whole of Building F at Hercules Office Park as part of a business expansion.

The Greater Manchester, Merseyside and West Yorkshire pension funds have appointed 27 companies to provide services across their combined £46bn property portfolio, to enable "a more cost-effective approach".

BT’s 175,000 sq ft letting at English Cities Fund's Four New Bailey saw office take-up for the final quarter of 2020 hit 350,000 sq ft, taking the total for the year to 800,000 sq ft, the first time total annual transactions in the city centre have dropped below 1m sq ft since 2013. 

The group bought the 37,300 sq ft industrial property from Guernsey-registered Jolivet Investments for £2.5m.