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2011 start for Axis Tower?
02-03-2011

The £17m 7,000 sq m (75,000 sq ft) Axis Tower scheme in Manchester may get underway this year. Development Securities and the Property Alliance Group are reportedly planning to resume work on the 18-storey project on Albion Street which was suspended in 2009. The building has been designed by HKR Architects

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Manchester launch
11-10-2010

The Hive office scheme on Lever Street in Manchester's Northern Quarter has been launched. Developer Argent and Manchester City Council's new 80,000 sq ft building is 40% pre-let with the Arts Council England and The Studio having already taken up 20,000 and 10,000 sq ft respectively.

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Manchester scheme in pipeline
15-04-2010

Town Centre Securities is planning a possible 2011 start on its mixed-use Eider House redevelopment at Piccadilly Basin in Manchester. The 4-storey, 34,284 sqm (370,000 sq ft) scheme, with 8,038 sq m (86,522 sq ft) net, of offices plus retail and residential space has been planned by Ian Simpson Architects. Lambert Smith Hampton and Cushman and Wakefield are the letting agents

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Spinningfield sub let
10-12-2009

Ford Campbell, the corporate finance business, is to relocate from City Wharf to a 929 sq m (10,000 sq ft) office on the second floor at 3 Hardman Square in Spinningfields. The firm has taken the vacant space on a sub let from Halliwell’s, the law firm and will relocate before Christmas.

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Revised plans expected for 54 storey tower
22-06-2007

Albany Assets will submit revised plans for a 54 storey tower at Aytoun Street in Manchester. The scheme will include hotel, office and residential accommodation. Work could start towards end of this year, with completion in 2010.

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Imminent start for Argent scheme
18-08-2006

Carillion has been awarded the main contract for Argent Group’s Three Piccadilly Place development in Manchester. The company will soon begin construction and work should be completed during the first quarter of 2008. The building is 16,722 sq m (180,000 sq ft). GVA and Savills are the letting agents.

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November start for Belvedere
18-08-2006

Wilson Bowden will begin work on its office development at Belvedere House on Booth Street, Manchester, during November 2006. The new development called Belvedere House will be a 10,017 sq m (107,825) sq ft eight-storey building with retail on the ground floor and seven floors of offices, with 60 car parking spaces. The new development will complete during summer 2008. Dunlop Heywood Lorenz and WHR are the letting agents.

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Bauhaus to complete this summer
29-06-2006

Ask's Bauhaus office scheme (the second phase of Rossetti Place) will be completed at the end of August 2006. The letting agents are Lambert Smith Hampton and Dunlop Heywood Lorenz are the letting agents and the quoted rent is £27.50 psf.

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eOffice takes floor at Opus 340
24-03-2006

eOffice, the service office provider, has taken the 832 sq m (8,956 sq ft) first floor at Tyburn Lane and Chancerygate’s Opus 340 scheme at 340 Deansgate, Manchester. The 61,136 sq ft building has been developed by Property Alliance. GVA Grimley advises on property.

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Wharfside nears completion
22-03-2006

Benmore Developments' Wharfside office development is due to complete in spring 2006. The four-storey 3,900 sq m (41,987 sq ft) headquarters office building has been designed by Robinson Patterson Partnership, the Belfast based firm. WHR is the letting agent.

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Beetham looks for pre-let
24-11-2005

itr seems that The Beetham Organization will not start construction of its eleven storey 5,621 sq m (60,500 sq ft) office at 310 Deangate without a pre-let. This may come as a surprise to the local GVA Grimley office which has listed the office building as under construction in its latest UK City research (The Future for Offices). The hotel and residential elements of the Beetham Tower are under construction but the office building is not. CB Richard Ellis are looking for the pre-let for Beetham.

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Free Trade Exchange nears completion
24-11-2005

The Free Trade Exhange building in Peter Street, Manchester, is due to complete by the end of 2005. The building is being developed by Property Alliance Group and will provide about 3,788 sq m (40,784 sq ft) of office space. The letting agents are Edwards & Co and WHR.

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Exchange Greengate plans
22-11-2005

Exchange Greengate is a £50m mixed-use scheme in Salford, Manchester, being put forward by Ask Developments. The 278,706 sq m (3m sq ft) scheme, near Exchange Station, will include 37,160 sq m (400,000 sq ft) of offices space, residential apartments with retail and leisure uses. An outline planning application could be submitted in March 2006.

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1 Portland Street completion
13-07-2005

The development at 1 Portland Street is due to complete next week. The seven storey project by Bruntwood provides 5,679 sq m (61,136 sq ft) of office space in the city centre and has been constructed Multibuild.

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New plans for Belvedere House
02-06-2005

Work is likely to begin this year on Belvedere House on Booth Street, Manchester. The site was originally owned by Friends Provident and is to be developed as a 10,017 sq m (107,825) sq ft eight-storey building with retail on the ground floor and seven floors of offices.

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