North West

The DOE has called in Morrison Developments’ plans for a 19,276sq m (207,500sq ft) leisure scheme fronting the A34 bypass at Handforth, Cheshire.

Scottish Widows’ plans for the £30m phase 2 of the Forum Shopping Centre in Chester are back on track. A presentation by the developer had been called off at the…

Air freight company Panalpina Worldwide Transport has signed up for Pentith Developments’ 23,225 sq m (250,000 sq ft) Orion Business Park – the largest new industrial development in south Manchester.

Blackburn Borough Council has selected Kingspark Developments and Property Solutions to develop a 13,006 sq m (140,000 sq ft) leisure park on the eastern outskirts of the town.

Commercial Union has taken 3,336 sq m (35,910 sq ft) of offices at Landmark House, Cheadle Hulme, Manchester, on a ten-year lease at £425,000 pa.

In what is being hailed as the biggest such prelet in the area for several years, Bayshire has pre-let a 3,900sq m (42,000sq ft) industrial/distribution unit next to Jctn 10…

The Trafford Park Development Corporation has met the Government’s targets for jobs created and investment generated two years ahead of schedule.

A feasibility study commissioned by English Partnerships and Manchester City Council is recommending the redevelopment of a former postal sorting office on Lever Street in central Manchester as a 32,515…

HMV has taken a 511 sq m (5,500 sq ft) unit at the entrance to the Marketgate Shopping Centre in Lancaster on a 20-year lease at £150,000 pa.