Barons Quay leisure hub sets opening date

A special cabinet meeting convened by Knowsley Council will tomorrow consider a report on the purchase of Kirkby town centre from St Modwen, the developer having accepted an offer in principle.

A hotel market in flux, community and corporate engagement, tech innovations, and the future of mixed uses around sporting venues were the hot topics at this Place North West event.

Liverpool City Council’s cabinet will this week be asked to approve the submission of County Road, Walton as its candidate for a city region-wide improvement programme.

Retailer AllSaints has opened in its new location within Manchester Arndale, in the group’s largest store opening this year.

Mikhail Hotel & Leisure Group has started work on an amusement arcade within the Cain’s Brewery Village, with this second phase of its work at the site expected to be open in November.

Following a public consultation earlier this year, Bolton Council has signed off the town centre’s masterplan which will potentially see £27m invested in development, refurbishment, and public realm.

Manchester’s keenly-awaited Stock Exchange Hotel is to open on 15 November as a member of Relais & Châteaux, a global network of independently-owned and operated luxury hotels.

Sefton Council has unveiled proposals to transform the market on King Street into an enhanced food & drink offering and events space.

Going against officer recommendation, Cheshire East’s planning committee has given the go-ahead to the retailer’s plans for a store in Crewe at the third time of asking.