Built Environment Networking Blog: North West News

Capital&Centric’s Wigan workspace gets the go ahead

CAPITAL&CENTRIC’S overhaul of Wigan’s former civic centre into the town’s best workplace has been given the go ahead. Wigan Council has approved a detailed planning application for ‘Civic’ – the project that will see the concrete, brutalist building on Millgate restored and repurposed. Work started last November to strip out the unusable fittings, as well […]

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Capital&Centric kick-start consultation on Liverpool TV and film studios

The team behind plans to turn the former Littlewoods building on Liverpool’s Edge Lane into a Hollywood-ready destination for TV and film are calling on locals to have their say on the restoration. Social impact developers Capital&Centric have revealed more details about their plans for the iconic 1930s building to include new studio spaces; workspaces […]

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Capital&Centric plan new work spaces and HQ for Manchester’s growing Piccadilly East neighbourhood

MANCHESTER’S Piccadilly East neighbourhood is set to grow, with Capital&Centric planning to restore a historic warehouse into buzzing new workspaces and their new HQ. The social mission developers have acquired Chapeltown Warehouse, which adjoins their owner occupier community at Crusader Mill on Chapeltown Street. They plan to transform it into 20,000 sqft of high quality […]

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Carlyle provides £115 million development loan for Round Hill Capital’s 488-unit Manchester BTR scheme

Global investment firm Carlyle’s (NASDAQ: CG) Global Credit platform has provided Round Hill Capital, a leading global specialist real estate investor, developer and manager, with a £115 million development loan to fund the construction of Fairfax, a 488-unit luxury build-to-rent (“BTR”) scheme in Manchester, UK. It represents the first transaction between the two parties. The […]

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CBRE Appointed to Manage £840m Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund

Following a competitive tender process, Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) is pleased to announce that it will be appointing CBRE Ltd as the new investment advisor for its Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund (GMPVF). The Fund has an £840m investment allocation to local property development, focused on the North West and West Yorkshire.   The […]

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CDL Bolsters British Presence with Manchester Build to Rent Purchase

City Developments Limited (CDL), a prominent Singapore-based global real estate conglomerate, has bolstered its British portfolio through the acquisition of 1NQ, a Build to Rent project in Manchester. This move, costing £75.6 million, marks a strategic expansion of CDL’s private rented sector (PRS) investments across the UK. The ambitious project involves the construction of two […]

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Chancerygate acquires strategic Manchester site to deliver £15M, 60,000 Sq Ft urban logistics development creating up to 60 jobs

Developer Chancerygate has acquired a 2.3-acre site in East Manchester to speculatively build 59,500 sq ft of Grade A urban logistics and industrial space which could create up to 60 jobs. The site, which was formerly Walkers of Manchester’s printing facility, is located on Crabtree Lane in Clayton three miles east of Manchester city centre […]

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Chancerygate and Bridges fund management submit plans for £36m, 170,000 sq ft Grade A net zero urban logistics development in Cheshire

Developer Chancerygate and specialist sustainable and impact investor Bridges Fund Management have submitted plan to speculatively build 170,000 sq ft of highly sustainable Grade A urban logistics space in Adlington, Cheshire. Called Avro Business Park, the proposed scheme is located off London Road, south of Poynton town centre, and will adjoin Adlington Business Park & […]

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Chancerygate and Northwood investors JV granted planning for 130,340 sq ft last-mile urban logistics development in Manchester

Chancerygate and Northwood Investors’ joint venture (JV) has been granted for 130,340 sq ft of Grade A last-mile urban logistics space to be speculatively built at Trafford Park in Manchester. Called Bridgewater Point, the scheme will comprise 16 units ranging from 5,000 sq ft to 13,000 sq ft. Units on the 5.6-acre site will be […]

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