The “Whitehall of the North” scheme planned in Manchester is under review following spending cuts set out in the government’s Comprehensive Spending Review last month.
Under the scheme, around 5,000 civil servants were expected to relocate from London to the site of the derelict station Mayfield, near Manchester Piccadilly station. However, …

Kajima Partnerships has teamed up with Genr8 Developments for the £150m redevelopment of Rochdale town centre.
Kajima will provide the finance needed to reach the construction stage of the project, allowing Genr8 to proceed with its plans to develop a series of linked buildings containing 300,000 sq ft of retail and …

Manchester City Council chief executive Sir Howard Bernstein has drawn up proposals for a local enterprise partnership in greater Manchester to take over powers from the NorthWest Development Agency.
The plan was completed on Friday and proposes giving the city region a single pot of government funding for economic development, housing, …

Manchester City Council has awarded a £90m contract to Laing O’Rourke for the  redevelopment of its town hall complex.

The Hulme-based firm has won the construction contract to refurbish the Town Hall Extension, Central Library and St Peter’s Square, which will involve preserving listing buildings while improving services to the public.
The …

Manchester City Council has issued a compulsory purchase order to buy the London Road fire station in the city centre, a building owned by Britannia Hotels.
The council says the compulsory purchase order, which has been issued because the property has been vacant for 20 years under its current ownership, will …

Plans to extend Manchester’s tram network have been given the go ahead as the Association of Greater Manchester Authorities (AGMA) has agreed £500m funding for the proposals.
At an AGMA meeting last week, leaders of the city region’s ten local authorities confirmed the funding to deliver three new tram lines.
This means …

Two regeneration teams have been picked to manage European Union-backed regeneration funds to lend up to £700m to developers across the north-west.
Yesterday, we reported that the Evergreen Consortium, which includes the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and CB Richard Ellis, aims to create at £350m fund to invest in the Manchester …

A consortium led by 10 Greater Manchester councils has been chosen to manage a £350m regeneration fund to lend to developers in the north-west.
The Evergreen Consortium, which includes the Greater Manchester Pension Fund and CB Richard Ellis, aims to create a fund of up to £350m to invest in the …

Manchester launches design competition for 20-acre regen
8/07/10 1:10 pm By Nick Johnstone
Manchester City Council and the Co-operative Group have launched a design competition to masterplan a 20-acre regeneration site in the city centre.
The winner will design public spaces across the site, including a main central …

DTZ has poached GVA Grimley occupier consultancy director John Keyes.
Keyes becomes a director in the firm’s corporate real estate consulting business, and will be based in the Manchester office.
Keyes, who advised on over £500 million of capital investments in the further education sector, has worked on major projects including York …