Julia Hatmaker

Led by ex-Homes England executive director Michael Palin, an independent analysis of the Merseyside council’s dysfunctional approach to regeneration plots out clear ways for the local authority to move forward after a testy few years.

Liverpool City Region Combined Authority will decide whether to provide a cash injection into the scheme, which would allow for the building of 83,000 sq ft of office, lab, and innovation space to start next summer.

The popular model, viewed as the de facto solution for unlocking largescale regeneration efforts, is “creaking,” according to Brabners’ Roy Barry. He teamed up with CBRE’s Adam White to brainstorm ways to make public-private partnerships work in difficult economic times in the latest Place North podcast episode.

Stena Line subsidiary Rhosgoch Property has picked up the 203-acre brownfield plot by Amlwch, paying six times the £3m Conygar Invesment Company paid when it acquired the site from the Isle of Anglesey Charitable Trust in 2015.

None of the six PP O’Connor workers on the site were hurt on Friday afternoon when a significant portion of the 12-storey Manchester office block toppled down unexpectedly.

At least 75 affordable rental homes are envisioned for the sites of the former Wallasey Town Hall Annexes, which were demolished in early 2024.

Andy Temple’s new role will see him leverage his more than 20 years of experience to support the strategic growth of the global consultancy’s property and building team.

The whirr of machinery and the hiss of steam engines are returning to the Manchester attraction after being quiet for six years.

Housing secretary Steve Reed has announced a series of amendments geared towards cutting through red tape and speeding up housing and infrastructure delivery.

Michelle Richardson comes to the Edinburgh-headquartered building consultancy armed with an arsenal of experience in delivering high-profile and complicated developments, including the remodelling of the AO Arena in Manchester and the building of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and University of Manchester’s nuclear research facility in Cumbria.