Sky Blues secure their stadium

Balfour Beatty VINCI and bridge move contractor Mammoet have secured in place a 112m long, 1,631-tonne steel structure over a section of Birmingham’s ring road.

Plans have been submitted to Birmingham City Council for a 165-home redevelopment of the Clarendon Suites site, vacant for more than a decade.

Economist Bridget Rosewell will provide independent advice on aligning the West Midlands’ capital investments with Mayor Richard Parker’s recently launched Growth Plan.

Improving the longevity of infrastructure like Snake Pass and Woodhead Pass is one of the core goals of the Peak Partnership, made up of Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard, and Mayor of the East Midlands Claire Ward.

NG Chartered Surveyors and Blackstar Advisory have let a 31,000 sq ft building at the University of Nottingham’s Castle Meadow campus to distance learning group Arden University.

Developer Capital&Centric has entered into a pre-construction services agreement with the Nottingham contractor for the 111-home Newcastle-under-Lyme project.

Thought to be the first time a multi-storey car park has been repurposed into housing, work is expected to start on site later this year.

Billed as one of Europe’s largest regeneration schemes, the project with Lendlease will see 3,000 homes and a new home for the Bull Ring Markets.

The outline business case and enterprise zone funding package, bringing the development a step closer.

The housebuilding group has acquired the former Rugeley Power Station site from ENGIE, the deal bringing 2,300 outline-consented homes into Vistry’s pipeline.

The brownfield site, which has undergone extensive remediation, is to be transformed into a new neighbourhood, which is expected to include an ‘all-through’ school, riverside park, 12.3 acres of employment space, and homes across a range of tenures including affordable, PRS, and open market sale.