Dan Whelan

Social Sports Society has been granted permission for nine courts as part of a wider complex off Peary Street within the £4bn masterplan.

The housing association will acquire 66 properties from Vistry within the wider 1,600-home Whiston masterplan. 

Located off Russell Road in Whalley Range, Great Places Housing Group’s 80-apartment project will provide a “safe and welcoming environment”, according to actor Sir Ian McKellen.

The 4m sq ft innovation district being delivered by Bruntwood SciTech and the University of Manchester has a new name.

Legacie Developments and Nexus Residential have wrapped up the 196-apartment Merchants Wharf development in Ordsall.

Plans for 69 canalside homes on Store Street were approved more than four years ago but the project has failed to get off the ground due to viability constraints.

Properties delivered through the redevelopment of Mirrlees Fields, approved following an appeal, will all be available on affordable tenures.

More than a year after submitting plans for the 21-acre Hazel Grove development, the project partners have lodged revised proposals that feature 205 homes, up from the 165 planned previously.

The council has cancelled an exclusivity agreement with Hopwood DePree XIV, claiming the US actor-turned-producer from Los Angeles has failed to produce a viable business case for the building’s future use.

The government wants the UK to become a science superpower. Place North West's Life Sciences Update looked at the role the North West can play in achieving this goal as well as exploring the need for dynamic cities and pioneering buildings to address the significant shortfall in appropriate accommodation for innovative businesses.