North West
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Compco pays £3m to increase stake in Liverpool’s Frenson Estate
Compco Holdings is paying £3m to buy out Southend Properties’ 50% interest in the Frenson Estate, a portfolio of 189 retail and industrial properties in Liverpool, Merseyside.
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Scottish Hydro-Electric to build £52m heat and power station in Runcorn, Merseyside
Scottish Hydro-Electric is to build a 130MW combined heat and power station for ICI Chemicals and Polymers at Runcorn, on Merseyside.
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Lancashire town of Prescot set to benefit from up to £45m of property development
Knowsley Council’s decision to invest £15m in Prescot means that up to £45m has now been earmarked for property development in the Lancashire town.
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Stakis pays £5.5m for hotel in St Helens, Merseyside
Stakis, the hotel group, has bought an 84-bedroom hotel in St Helen’s, Lancashire, for £5.5m from Pilkington Properties, a subsidiary of Pilkington.
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Barlows pays £5.525m for Sefton Retail Park in Merseyside
Barlows has paid Grosvenor Square Properties £5.525m for Sefton Retail Park in Aintree, Merseyside. The 9,569 sq m (103,000 sq ft) scheme is let to Allied Leisure, Matalan and Top…
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Independent Insurance selects Cheadle Royal, south Manchester, for new HQ
Independent Insurance has chosen Amec Developments’ Cheadle Royal business park in south Manchester as the location for its new regional headquarters.
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£42m Bridgewater Hall opens in Manchester, Greater Manchester
The £42m Bridgewater Hall opens tomorrow. The 250,000-tonne hall, a soaring glass, stainless steel and sandstone structure in Manchester’s city centre, will be home to the Halle Orchestra.
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Forth Ports submits application for mixed use scheme on 8.09ha site in Dundee
Forth Ports is about to submit an outline planning application for the regeneration of the old Victoria and Camperdown docks, near the centre of Dundee.
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GA plans 4,840 sq m in second phase at Birchwood Point in Warrington, Cheshire
GA Properties has submitted a planning application for a second phase of development at the 4.39ha (12.18 acre) Birchwood Point business park in Warrington, Cheshire.
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Laura Ashley plans new store in Warrington, Cheshire
An upsurge in demand for household goods has prompted Laura Ashley Home Furnishings to plan the opening of a 790 sq m (8,500 sq ft) store in Warrington, Cheshire, this…
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Biosciences incubator park pins hopes on EC £6.2m grant
More than 900 jobs will be created from the development of Britain’s first biosciences incubator park, in Manchester. The scheme will only go-ahead if the European Commission approves a £6.2m…
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DFDS has requirement for 37,160 sq m in three warehouses near Manchester, Birmingham and Immingham
DFDS, the Danish shipping and freight company, is looking for 37,160 sq m (400,000 sq ft) of distribution warehousing in Greater Manchester, Birmingham, and Immingham.