THING OF THE WEEK
HOWZAT… The bucolic Bowdon Cricket Club will this year once again host Cushman & Wakefield’s annual cricket match. The game will take place on 10 July and players of all abilities are welcome to wield the willow. So if you fancy putting your padel racket down for five minutes and playing a real sport, you know what to do. Alternatively, if the thought of facing bouncers from strapping young graduate surveyors who had trials at Lancashire when they were younger does not appeal, there is also a fully stocked bar and BBQ to enjoy.
Credit: Conor Flood
CONOR’S CAUSE… Conor Flood, development manager at Cole Waterhouse, announced on social media this week that he had rung the bell at The Christie after completing his tenth course of chemotherapy following surgery late last year to remove a brain tumour. A mark of the man, Flood is now turning his attention to fundraising for the many charities that have supported him over the last two years starting with the Geoffery Jefferson Brain Research Centre, for whom Flood and his wife Elle are running the Great Manchester Run this weekend. Truly inspirational stuff. Go well Conor! You can read more about what he has endured over the last two years and donate to a worthy cause.
The 9,000 sq ft unit is now in need of a new tenant. Credit: Fabrix
BUM NOTE… When C. Bechstein announced in 2021 its intention to open a 9,000 sq ft showroom and rehearsal space in Manchester, it raised a few eyebrows. Was there really a market for expensive pianos and recital rooms in the city? The company clearly thought so as it signed a 15-year lease on the ground floor of Transmission House. However, this week C. Bechstein announced it would be closing its Manchester showroom to concentrate on its site in London. Disappointing but not surprising.
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POP MUSIC… It is not all bad news for the North West’s music scene though. Plans have this week been submitted to convert the Matchworks Annexe in Speke, owned by Urban Splash, into a music school. The plans, submitted by School of Popular Music, seek to bring a concept only currently found on Jersey and Guernsey to the mainland. Charlie Stevens, who heads up the business, is behind the vision. “I studied Music at the University of Liverpool, and my hope is to establish a new SOPM centre in Liverpool—a city I love and where I believe our unique model can flourish”, a planning statement said.
BEING FRANK… Few corners of the property world are more imbued with annoying jargon than the office sector. It is a good job, then, that CBRE, specifically associate director Frankie Isherwood, is embarking on a jargon-busting mission. The first episode of a series aimed at demystifying the agent-talk that sends occupiers heads spinning and bridging the gap between fast-talking surveyors and the rest of us has been released. Want to be able to separate your plug and plays from your Cat As? Give it a watch.
