Plans in for £10.7m Harris revamp

The council has granted planning consent to a sloped 21-storey residential block containing 80 apartments in the city centre, and a redevelopment of a derelict former orphanage.

The Heaton Group’s conversion of an office block on Ormskirk Road into 130 apartments is due to complete before June 2021, the developer said as it released further images of Studio KMA’s designs for the project.

This year will see fresh services launched including a development map to complement news stories and branded content production for partners.

The architecture practice has won a £450,000 contract to work with The Harris museum in Preston on its plans for a £10.7m Heritage Lottery-funded refurbishment. 

The floating visitor centre at the Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Brockholes Nature Reserve is significant in its simplicity, writes Alban Cassidy of Cassidy + Ashton. 

Property and construction professionals in the North West value flexible working above bonuses and other benefits, according to the findings of the Vertical Salary Review 2019.

Preston-based Conlon Construction has completed an 18-month extension and renovation project at North Cestrian School in Altrincham.

In its fifth hire in the last month, Robert Barker has joined the consultant as an architectural technician, bringing staff numbers up to 21.

The restoration of the site around Preston’s brutalist bus station will complete by the end of the year with contractor Engie now carrying out the last package of public realm works.