Built Environment Networking Blog: North West News

Next steps for Bath City centre regeneration with £2.4m funding award

Ambitious plans to regenerate Milsom Quarter in Bath including a new home for the Fashion Museum have taken another step forward after being awarded more than £2.4m in new funding. The Milsom Quarter Masterplan will revitalise the north of Bath city centre by attracting creative industries, providing 180 new homes and transforming the area into a nationally […]

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£155m Wigan development approved

Plans to create a new £155m community in Wigan with a mix of homes including affordable housing, parklands, a transport hub and 200 new jobs have been approved. The site will be built on greenbelt land. Wigan Borough Council has given its second green light to Peel L&P’s masterplan at Mosley Common to proceed. Peel […]

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A £250 million water park to be built in Manchester

The UK’s ‘first city-based wellbeing resort’, a £250 million water park boasting thermal bathing and botanical gardens is set to launch in the city’s Trafford Centre.  The park, called Therme Manchester, will be the size of 19 football pitches (around 28 acres), and will feature an ‘immersive experience’, with ‘digital art, an on-site urban farm […]

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Lamington Group plans three new net zero room2 hometels in the UK

Family-owned real estate investment and development company, lamington group, has announced it will open net zero room2 hometels in York, Glasgow, and Manchester. The move comes as part of the company’s sustainable property development plan and represents an investment of £114 million. The room2 brand currently has 3 operational establishments in the UK, of which […]

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Planning application received for 117 room hotel project in Northern Quarter

Acting on behalf of Manchester based developer, Jadebricks, Turley has submitted a planning application to Manchester City Council for an aparthotel in the Northern Quarter district of the city centre. The proposed redevelopment sits on the corner of Oldham Street and Spear Street and the development will be known as ‘Larard’s Still’. Designed by SimpsonHaugh, […]

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Pitalia makes industrial purchase

Pitalia has completed a sale and leaseback investment at a well-known industrial estate in Cheshire – a freehold of a 71,225 sq ft warehouse on the Winsford Industrial Estate for £3.58m. The warehouse will be leased back over ten years to an undisclosed tenant at a rent of £305,000 per annum with a tenant break […]

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Tristan Capital Partners and Bricks Group Expand PBSA Portfolio via £110m Liverpool Acquisition

Tristan Capital Partners’ CCP 5 Fund along with its joint venture partner, Bricks Group, has acquired a 999-bed purpose-built student accommodation asset in the city of Liverpool from Aura Investors LLP for £110 million. Liverpool is one of the UK’s leading university centres with more than 70,000 students and five Higher Education Institutes including the […]

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Stockport County FC launch public consultation on proposals to expand and improve Edgeley Park to 20 000 seats

The long-term aspirations of Stockport County Football Club take a significant step forward today with the launch of a public consultation inviting views on proposals to expand and improve the stadium at Edgeley Park. The consultation, which is the first of two phases, will include consultation events for local residents and Club supporters to come […]

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