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Plans for a new £350m arena in Manchester, to be delivered by Bam Construct, have been approved by the city council. US developer Oak View Group gained permission for the scheme yesterday, with the project set to be the UK’s largest indoor arena. Construction on the Populous-designed project is set to start in November with a 2023 opening date set

Modular housing start-up Etopia Group has had its offsite approach to housebuilding certified as carbon neutral. The housebuilder partnered with non-profit organisation One Carbon World to assess the environmental impact of its approach, with unavoidable emissions offset in order to achieve full carbon neutrality. As a result, it has been awarded One Carbon World’s ‘Carbon Neutral International Standard’ kitemark. The

McAleer & Rushe has won a £68m contract to deliver the first phase of the Exchange Square 2 scheme in Birmingham. Developer Nikal has appointed the firm to deliver the 37-storey residential tower and half acre of public square opposite the future HS2 Curzon Street station in the centre of the city. The developer said it has been speaking to

Local authority leaders have called for a housebuilding programme of 100,000 social homes per year to help drive a “post-pandemic building boom”. In a new report, the Local Government Association (LGA) also said councils should havemore power in the planning and decision-making stages of residential schemes. It recommended bringing forward and increasing the £12bn extension of the Affordable Homes Programme

The stalled £100m Aura project in Liverpool, put into administration in March following the arrest of the developer’s founder, is set to be handed back to its investors. The consortium will take over the student accommodation development after final sign-off is agreed by all parties and legally approved. The project, which was due to complete in September this year, came

Leeds City Council has approved plans for the second phase of the £400m Kirkstall Forge commercial development in the city. The £32m second phase will involve the construction of 200,000 square feet of commercial space across two office buildings, with leisure and retail space on the ground floor. Developed by Commercial Estates Group (CEG), the phase is part of a

Vistry has bought two sites from Homes England to deliver 935 homes. The firm has agreed to develop 335 homes on 11 hectares of land in Sandymoor, Cheshire. This will include 100 affordable apartments which will be delivered in partnership with Halton Housing Trust. Homes England said it had “flexed its investment muscles” by utilising a grant from its affordable

Galliford Try has landed two wins worth £85m across the first set of contracts awarded on Argent Related’s £500m Tottenham Hale regeneration. The contractor will deliver two sections of the Argent Related masterplan: 1 Ashley Road (pictured) and 2 Ashley Road, featuring a total of 281 homes. 1 Ashley Road will feature two 12 and 18 adjoining storeys and was

MJ Gleeson is preparing for a £100m drop in revenue due to the impact of the coronavirus crisis. The housebuilder expects to record revenue of £145m for the year to 30 June 2020, compared to last year’s turnover of £249.9m, despite having an order book of £135.2m against £87.6m from the year before. The company has restarted construction work on