High street retailer John Lewis and British Airways have demonstrated their commitment to a Manchester business park. The airline, which first took space at Didsbury’s Towers Business Park in 2000, has extended its lease on 55,000 sq ft for a further... Read More
The new owner of Manchester’s City Tower has confirmed it is hiring a planning team to look at ways of upgrading the area surrounding the building. Schroders Property Investment Management paid £132m City Tower in the summer. Fronting both... Read More
The past five years have seen increasing amounts of investment pumped into Manchester improving infrastructure, boosting the commercial property stock and creating thousands of jobs. As well as going a long way to elevate the number of regular... Read More
It was recently reported that Birmingham has been named the best UK destination for tourists for the second successive year. However, it appears that its northern rival Manchester is also attracting its fair share of visitors, with hotel occupancy reaching a... Read More
A city council has given a hotel group six weeks to start renovation work on a neglected former fire station before it takes legal action to acquire the listed landmark building. Manchester City Council served a compulsory purchase order (CPO) against... Read More
The surge in subsidised and free start-up desk space has forced one of Manchester’s pioneering tech community companies to pull out of the city after just two years. In what it describes as a “mutual decision” TechHub — which offers workspace... Read More
Grade A Alternative has confirmed it is the new owner of one of Manchester’s most iconic buildings. The serviced office provider completed the acquisition of St George’s House in June but has refused to say how much it paid for the Grade II listed... Read More
A company involving United legends Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville is in negotiations with Manchester City Council regarding the joint delivery of a scheme of “regional importance” on a two acre plot currently occupied by Bootle Street police station... Read More
Legal and General Property has confirmed its purchase of One Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester. The Grade A office building was sold for £75m and has tenants including Allianz Cornhill Insurance, Pizza Express, Caffe Nero and Pret a Manger contributing to a... Read More
The Greater Manchester Property Venture Fund (GMPVF) — a sub-fund of the largest local authority pension fund in the UK — has retained commercial property specialists GVA to manage its investments. The seven year extension, awarded to GVA after a... Read More
