Built Environment Networking Blog: North West News

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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Capital&Centric submit plans for Wigan town centre workspace Civic

SOCIAL impact developers Capital&Centric have submitted plans for new town centre workspaces to be dubbed ‘Civic’ to Wigan Council. It’s another step forward for their plans to overhaul the former civic centre to create Wigan’s best workplace. The application reveals more details of what’s planned for the concrete, brutalist building that first opened in the […]

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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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Casa by Moda launches first family homes neighbourhood

Casa by Moda has acquired 93 rental homes, comprising two, three, and four-bedroom properties, in the vibrant Wigan suburb of Pemberton. These homes are part of Northstone’s larger Tulach development, a 268-home masterplan designed to create a modern and sustainable community. Conveniently located near Pemberton Train Station, Tulach offers excellent transport links to Manchester, Liverpool, […]

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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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