Built Environment Networking Blog: North West News

Liverpool’s Festival Gardens Set for Landmark Transformation into a Sustainable Riverside Neighbourhood

Liverpool City Council, together with development partners Urban Splash and Igloo Regeneration, has unveiled plans to transform Festival Gardens into a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive riverside neighbourhood. The ambitious regeneration scheme will deliver a 21st-century community combining high-quality housing, exceptional green spaces, and a strong commitment to biodiversity, health and design excellence. The vision for […]

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Major New Residential Plans Unveiled for Cheetham Hill

Major new residential plans have been unveiled for Cheetham Hill, marking a significant step forward in Manchester’s ongoing regeneration. A combination of landmark towers, a build-to-rent scheme, and a major affordable housing initiative will together bring hundreds of new homes to the area, alongside improvements to the public realm and community infrastructure. As part of […]

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Moorfield Group and Greater Manchester Pension Fund Form £120 Million Joint Venture to Deliver Landmark Build-to-Rent Development in Trafford

Moorfield Group has entered a 50:50 joint venture with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) to develop, own, and operate “Podium”, a £120 million build-to-rent (BTR) scheme in Trafford, Greater Manchester. The development, part of Glenbrook’s Lumina Village, will comprise 440 homes across four buildings and a central podium, combining apartments and townhouses designed to […]

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Caddick gets green light on 360,000 sq ft Ashton Park development

Wigan Council has granted outline approval on Caddick’s Ashton Park development, a 360,000 sq ft industrial scheme set to deliver a £46m boost to the local economy.  Located off Lockett Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield, the 19-acre site is situated at the edge of the existing South Lancashire Industrial Estate and offers convenient access to J23, 24 […]

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Investec REALIS acquires prime Manchester office in partnership with XLB

Investec Bank Investec Bank plc (“Investec”), a leading international financial services provider, announces that Investec REALIS (“REALIS”), the equity strategy that it launched last year, has acquired Citygate, a 47,000 sq ft office in the heart of Manchester’s CBD.  In line with REALIS’s strategy of working alongside best-in-class operating partners, XLB will be responsible for […]

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M7 Real Estate acquires £47m industrial estate in Manchester

M7 Real Estate (“M7”), the pan-European investor and asset manager, announces the acquisition of Broadheath Network Centre in Greater Manchester for £47 million, from Network Space Developments. The acquisition is the first undertaken by M7 on behalf of the newly formed pan-European industrial & logistics joint venture between Oxford Properties, a leading global real estate investor, […]

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Maslow Capital commits £93.5 million to fund development in Liverpool

Leading property developer Legacie has secured a £93.5 million funding deal with Maslow Capital to bring forward The Gateway, a new residential development in the heart of Liverpool. The funding package, provided by Maslow Capital, will enable Legacie to progress with the development, which is poised to be a key part of Liverpool’s ongoing regeneration […]

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Capital&Centric set their sights on Buxton town centre

Social impact developers Capital&Centric are taking on their latest challenge – the £100m+ reboot of The Springs shopping centre in Buxton. It’s been revealed that the Manchester-based developers are collaborating with High Peak Borough Council to transform the site between the train station and the high street. They plan to repurpose the 1980s indoor shopping […]

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