Cushman & Wakefield appoints Yorkshire and North East industrial lead

Paul Ellenor will focus on growing the business’ portfolio of third-party contacts and expanding its footprint across Yorkshire and the North East. 

With UK brewing now mostly carried out at motorway-friendly mega-sites, what happened to the historic estates left behind? Place takes a look at a sector that continues to throw up fascinating regeneration angles.

In the making since 2020, the housebuilder’s plans for 140 homes at the Newcastle Great Park Brunton Quarry site, located off the A1 North Brunton Interchange, are recommended for approval. 

The investment group’s Sheet Anchor Evolve subsidiary has acquired a further three Northern shopping centres, picking up Warrington’s Cockhedge retail park, Harrogate’s Victoria shopping centre and Whitley Bay’s Park View.

The newly unveiled £45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail programme has confirmed development work on the long‑disused Leamside Line in the North East will be taken forward alongside upgrades to core NPR routes connecting Yorkshire and the North East.

The government’s regeneration and housing agency has confirmed its attendance at the international real estate show in March, agreeing a partnership with Place North.

The commitment of £45bn for Northern Powerhouse Rail was just the start, with an economic plan leaning into the region’s strengths in clean energy, advanced manufacturing, life sciences, and more to be detailed within a few months.

Karen Kilgour has set out a strategy to add 15,000 homes to the city over the next decade, although the pathway to funding is not yet clear. 

Having secured the contract from the Department of Education in October, Willmott Dixon has reached the milestone in the £21m redevelopment of the school.