Property briefs: CBRE appointed to 101 Embankment; Southdale; St Christopher’s Trust
THE Office Agency team at CBRE in Manchester has been appointed to market Ask Developments’ planned 167,000 sq ft 101 Embankment office block in Manchester.
Ask has permission for the 10-storey building, on the site of the old Exchange Station, which will be the first of two blocks.
Work is expected to start this year on the office and a 442-space car park with funding in place from the German bank Helaba. Ask has also sold a stake in the scheme to Tristan Capital Partners.
John Ogden, managing director of CBRE’s North West business and head of office agency, said: “Bringing forward 101 Embankment into a market which has very limited supply of Grade A space is a really positive move by the development partnership which will further enhance this exciting part of the city centre. We are delighted to be on board with this scheme, the delivery of which is clear.”
CBRE is joining DTZ as leasing agent on 101 Embankment.
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CONSTRUCTION firm Southdale has won four social housing contracts in Lancashire and South Yorkshire worth £12.7m.
The Warrington-based business is to build 24 houses for Adactus Housing Group in Chorley, 50 flats and five bungalows for Halton
Housing Trust in Widnes, 34 houses and apartments in Sheffield for Great Places, and 18 houses for Great Places in Prestwich, north Manchester.
Stuart Allison, North West region managing director, said: “These new contracts represent a continuation of robust growth throughout this year. We are very much looking ahead with increased positivity as we carry on developing a strong and sustained growth in this region.
“We will ensure that the vast majority of this work will go directly into the North West supply chain as part of our commitment to helping the economies in the communities in which we are based.”
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THE St Christopher’s Trust charity has been granted planning permission to build 18 serviced apartments on its five-acre Redcourt site, Hollincross Lane in Glossop.
The Trust has been providing homes and other support for adults with learning difficulties since the 1950s.
The £1.8m facilities will include lifts, a central kitchen and dining space, plus a room for residents’ assisted bathing. The block will replace current accommodation built around 40 years ago. Administration offices will also be replaced.
Further planning permission has been given to erect 22 private houses, with from two to four bedrooms. They will be on a corner of the site to be sold to a developer to help pay for the Trust’s building.
Head of care Sue Hammond said: “It will improve the living environment of our residents, bringing it up-to-date. Some of the existing facilities date back to the 1970s and are reaching the end of their days. As well as the personal living space there will be a kitchen to provide residents with a nourishing hot meal every day, a communal dining room and a specially-fitted bathroom for anyone who cannot manage without help. There will be on-site assistance 24 hours per day.”
