Built Environment Networking Blog: North West News

EP Properties acquires Blackburn Innovation Centre and Fusion House

An investment company has acquired the 44,000 sq ft Innovation Centre and Fusion House at Evolution Park in the town. Developed as a landmark regeneration project by St Modwen in 2008, the centre was designed to nurture growing medical, science and technology sector organisations and is currently home to tenants including nuclear engineering firm Assystem and […]

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Far East Consortium snaps up 2-acre Manchester site

Far East Consortium, the developer behind Manchester’s Victoria North regeneration project, has snapped up a two-acre site to form part of its Red Bank neighbourhood. The land on Dantzic Street is part of the strategic regeneration framework for Victoria North, which will deliver 15,000 new homes in Manchester city centre over the next decade. FEC […]

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Fiddlers Ferry Redevelopment Plan Set for Council Approval

Peel NRE’s proposal for the future of the 800-acre site at the former Fiddlers Ferry power station is due for approval by Warrington Council’s cabinet next week. The Fiddlers Ferry Development Framework outlines a spatial masterplan, phases of delivery, and guiding principles for the project. Peel NRE, the site owner, aims to create a primary […]

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Firethorn Trust expands presence with prime North West logistics acquisition

Real estate investor and developer, Firethorn Trust, has acquired a 21.5-acre logistics asset in Warrington for an undisclosed sum. Located on Hardwick Grange, Woolston in Warrington, the property comprises three units totalling 432,166 sq ft, of an ambient storage facility, a cold store and ancillary office space. The property is fully let under a long-term […]

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Frontierland development opportunity launched by Lancaster Council

The city council is seeking expressions of interest from developers to work on a prominent prime seafront location in Morecambe.  The 7.4-acre Frontierland site has been vacant since the theme park closed in 1999.  Lancaster City Council is open minded as to how the land might be redeveloped, seeking expressions of interest from “all sectors […]

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Further transactions on Crewe business park

Acting on behalf of PAGG Properties, Legat Owen has announced the sale of Europa House on Crewe Business Park to Sercon Limited for £595,000. The announcement follows on from the sale of Electra House also for PAGG Properties last year to Bond Estates, the investment arm of  H. W. Coates Ltd, for an undisclosed sum. Located on Coppicemere […]

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