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Dan Whelan BT’s 175,000 sq ft letting at English Cities Fund’s Four New Bailey saw office take-up for the final quarter of 2020 hit 350,000 sq ft, taking the total for the year to 800,000 sq ft, the first time total annual transactions in the city centre have dropped below 1m sq ft since 2013.  The yearly total for a Covid-hit 2020 is significantly lower than that recorded in 2019 when almost 1.5m sq ft of deals were signed.   However, after a strong final quarter, which saw a 280,000 sq ft jump in space transacted compared to Q3, agents were confident Manchester still has the p...

8 Jan 2021, 12:17 REDMAN…Was it a trick of the light or did Steve Rotheram really paint his own face red to demonstrate his unwavering allegiance to the Labour party and his beloved Liverpool FC? Rotheram’s decision to politicise his own countenance was a bold one, but one that will surely earn him even more admirers within left-leaning Merseyside ahead of his bid for re-election as city-region mayor in a few months’ time.  BRIDGE…A grade two-listed footbridge at Lancaster train station is going to receive some much-needed TLC. Thanks to a £1.3m investment from Network Rail, the wal...

Sarah Townsend Contractor Russell WBHO has finished building the 158-bedroom hotel in Manchester on behalf of Bruntwood SciTech and Vita Group, which are developing the £750m Circle Square mixed-use scheme in a joint venture. The 16-storey Premier Inn on Princes Street is due to open in February and comprises a 1,018-space multistorey car park across the first 10 floors (ground to nine), and the hotel reception and accommodation on floors nine to 15 behind an aluminium façade. Russell was appointed as main contractor for the project, designed by architect Feilden Clegg Bradley, in 2018 and ...

Post-pandemic Cleveland needs 225th birthday gift of strong leadership: Brent Larkin Updated Dec 20, 2020; Posted Dec 20, 2020 For Cleveland's bicentennial celebrations in July 1996, the city's bridges were lighted up. As the city's 225th anniversary approaches in 2021, the optimism of 25 years ago has been replaced by the harsh dislocations of the COVID-19 pandemic. The city will endure -- but it will take determined and united political and civic leadership, Brent Larkin writes today. (The Plain Dealer/ Chris Stephens) The Plain Dealer Facebook Share CLEVELAND -- Cleveland’s 200th birth...