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Radclyffe Park bucks regional trend with new commercial lettings
LPC Living’s Radclyffe Park development in Salford is going against the North West trend for increasing shop vacancy rates after welcoming three new tenants to the mixed-use development at Trafford Road. Developer LPC Living, owned by the Pervaiz Naviede Family Trust, has recently signed up: – International courier and delivery service provider, Pack & Send Takeaway restaurant Food Station and A hair and beauty salon at the scheme in Ordsall. [...]
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Salford Scheme Bucks Trend of ‘Boarded up Britain’
A retail development in Salford is bucking the trend for vacant shops with three deals signed in recent months. According to recent figures released by the British Retail Consortium almost a third of shops are currently sitting empty caused by a number of factors including consumers preferring out of town retail parks, the ease of online shopping and high parking charges. The figures suggested the issue was particularly acute in [...]
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Plans to be Revealed for Ordsall Site
Proposals for a key site in Salford are anticipated to be revealed next month by LPC Living, the developer owned by the Pervaiz Naviede Family Trust. Ordsall’s District Centre sits at the heart of the 180-acre estate and for a time was a thriving retail and leisure centre when it was originally constructed in the 1960s boasting a shopping parade, convenience store, pub, library and other community facilities. However, in [...]
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Ordsall War Memorial Comes Home This Weekend
Veterans with links to the Ordsall estate and their families are being invited to a ceremony commemorating the centenary of the First World War, and the vital role played by Salford residents. The highlight of the event, which takes place this Saturday, will be a rededication of the Regent Park Memorial which was first erected in 1918. Following a spate of vandalism in the 1970s the sandstone sculpture was taken [...]
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Salford Revealed as UK’s Property Hotspot
To many people Salford once brought to mind red-bricked terrace houses. Lowry’s matchstick men paintings and industrial cotton mills. Yet in recent years the city has undergone a staggering transformation and as a result has this week been revealed as Britain’s fastest growing property hotspot. According to figures from property website Zoopla, reported in The Telegraph, house prices in Salford have grown by 12% in the first six months of [...]
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Salford Site is Ready to be Transformed
Plans to redevelop a derelict shopping centre in Salford are a step closer as demolition of the existing buildings commences this week. The Ordsall District Centre was constructed in the 1960s at the heart of the estate which sits between Manchester city centre and Salford Quays. The site was originally home to a supermarket, pub, library, shopping parade and health centre. However, one by one the businesses closed thanks to [...]
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Barbers Sign up at Radclyffe Park
A gentleman’s barbers is anticipated to open at LPC Living’s Radclyffe Park development this autumn with terms agreed earlier this week. The 350 sq ft unit, located off Trafford Road, Salford forms part of the £50m mixed-use scheme anchored by Morrisons, Travelodge and an NHS Health Centre with a number of smaller units constructed alongside. LPC Living, which is owned by the Pervaiz Naviede Family Trust, has let a number [...]
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Water Taxi Service to Create Waves in Salford
An ambitious plan to create a water taxi service linking Salford Quays to Manchester city centre could be approved by council leaders as early as next week. According to an article in Place North West, the Irwell River Park Taxi Project would provide a ferry service for commuters and leisure travellers between MediaCityUK and Chapel Wharf, close to the Lowry Hotel. Intermediate stops are proposed at the Imperial War Museum [...]
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Takeaway Signs up at Radclyffe Park
LPC Living has today announced a new retail letting at their Radclyffe Park development in Salford. Contracts have been exchanged with a hot food takeaway operator on a 732 sq ft unit on Phoebe Street, Ordsall which will specialise in quality Indian cuisine. The business, to be called Foodstation, is expected to open later this summer alongside existing tenants including Barnardos, Bet Fret and Eyeline Opticians. Scott Neal, marketing manager [...]
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Conference delegates visit Ordsall
LPC Living has today invited key figures from the housing industry to visit their latest development in Ordsall, Salford. The group, comprising members of local authorities and housing associations from across the UK, met this afternoon at Cambridge Place to learn about LPC Living and their investment in what historically has been one of the most deprived areas in the UK. Organisations represented included Canterbury City Council, Halton Housing Trust, [...]