Wigan care facility to complete in 2022

Contractor Bowmer + Kirkland has started construction of Four New Bailey, a 175,000 sq ft office building at English Cities Fund's Salford scheme.

The Ipswich-headquartered engineering surveyor has acquired Wilmslow-based Survey Systems as part of a growth strategy. 

Salford City Council has launched a tender for a contractor to renovate the creative workspace and arts venue it bought last year. 

Construction of PLP and Legal & General’s 190,000 sq ft speculative industrial unit at Trafford Park has begun and the developers aim to complete the scheme this autumn.

The discount supermarket chain is to submit plans this month for a 23,400 sq ft food store on the corner of Littleton Road and Cromwell Road at the 500-home scheme. 

The contractor is due to start building 70 homes on Sandalwood Drive in Wigan this month after being appointed by the council. 

The Rochdale college has begun the search for a contractor to build a 15,000 sq ft extension to its Middleton Campus technology centre, to provide space to teach T-level technical qualifications.

The number of property schemes to complete in 2020 hit another record high, totalling 35 last year compared to 27 in 2019 and driven by the delivery of new homes, but the pace of growth is levelling out, according to Deloitte.

The contractor has been selected by the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust to build a 105,000 sq ft facility as part of the Salford Royal hospital, and will start construction next month.