Urban Logistics buys in Wirral

Senior figures have reacted with dismay to the reduction of support for Northern transport projects, claiming measures including the axing of backing for smart ticketing betray the “levelling-up” agenda.

A joint venture between developer Property Alliance Group and investor Starwood Capital Group has acquired the 1970s Manchester hotel and intends to redevelop it into a mixed-use scheme with offices, homes and a new hotel.

Life Technologies has agreed to lease an industrial unit in The Grange employment area from Custodian Reit on a 10-year lease.

John Scully, previously a partner at Knight Frank, and Graham Aitkenhead, former director at Avison Young, have been appointed to head up a new department at the Manchester-based real estate consultancy.

The drinks retailer has agreed to lease 12,000 sq ft within the first phase of Chancerygate’s £20m Mersey Reach industrial development in Aintree.

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

The frozen food retailer has signed a 10-year lease on a 10,000 sq ft unit at the Derwent Group’s Merseyside shopping complex.

The developer who fronted troubled Liverpool schemes including Herculaneum Quay and The Rise has been declared bankrupt in the city's County Court.

The Liverpool-based architecture firm has taken its headcount from six to 11 with the appointments of three architects, an architectural assistant, and a business development manager, following a 30% year-on-year increase in instructions.