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Top Construction Projects in the North West

by Barbour ABI Content Team

Crown Street Phase 3 is Top Construction Project in North West

We’ve curated the Barbour ABI data to bring you the top construction projects within the north west in 2025. This includes the top construction projects by total value across all sectors with a start date 6 months back, and 6 months forward. Please note that we have excluded all masterplans from our league tables.

The latest data for north west construction projects shows the Crown Street Phase 3 – 1746 Apartments/Demolition project in first place valued at £570m. Second place is the Therme Manchester Wellbeing Resort Project with a value of £450m. In third place is The Gasworks, New Town 1202 Houses and Flats project valued at £400m.

Top Construction Projects 2025

Regional Tables: United Kingdom | South East | South West | East of England | East Midlands | West Midlands | Northern Ireland | Wales | Yorkshire & the Humber | North East | Scotland

City Tables: London | Birmingham | Liverpool | Manchester | Aberdeen | Cardiff | Nottingham | Glasgow |

Position Project Main Sector Location Start Date Project Value Project ID View Project
1 Crown Street Phase 3 – 1746 Apartments/Demolition Residential Manchester Nov-25 £ 570,000,000 12309334 View project
2 Therme Manchester – Wellbeing Resort Leisure Trafford Nov-25 £ 450,000,000 12445235 View project
3 The Gasworks, New Town – 1202 Houses & Flats Residential Manchester Nov-25 £ 400,000,000 12320840 View project
4 Fanny House Farm, Bay Gateway – 940MW Battery Storage Utilities Lancaster Nov-25 £ 282,000,000 12718773 View project
5 BAE Systems – Project Spartan Engineering and Research Building Industrial Barrow-in-Furness Mar-26 £ 250,000,000 12780812 View project
6 New Town, Victoria North – Redbank – 1551 Apartments Residential Manchester Jan-26 £ 210,000,000 12708476 View project
7 Carrington BESS – 680MW Battery Storage Utilities Trafford Oct-25 £ 204,000,000 12692382 View project
8 Pall Mall, Bixteth Street – 280 Bed Hotel Hotel & Catering Liverpool Dec-25 £ 200,000,000 12491491 View project
9 Upper Brook Street Development Plot C – Student Accommodation Residential Oldham Jan-26 £ 200,000,000 12727580 View project
10 Progressive Energy Limited – Bio-Substitute Renewable Fuels Facility Utilities Cheshire West & Chester Jan-26 £ 150,000,000 12410198 View project
11 Colloco, St Johns Campus – 16 Storey Office Building Commercial & Retail Manchester Jan-26 £ 140,000,000 12634682 View project
12 Great Marlborough Street – 850 Student Apartments Residential Manchester Jan-26 £ 130,000,000 12385395 View project
13 Plot C, The Airfields Delta – Paper Mill Facility Industrial Flintshire Dec-25 £ 124,000,000 12571929 View project
14 One City Road Redevelopment Commercial & Retail Manchester Dec-25 £ 121,425,000 12527629 View project
15 Low Harker Farm, Low Harker – 400MW Battery Storage Facility Utilities Carlisle Jan-26 £ 120,000,000 12768898 View project
16 Arundel Street – 355 Apartments & Commercial Space Residential Manchester Jan-26 £ 110,000,000 12370040 View project
17 Boddingtons Brewery – 505 Flats & Commercial Unit Residential Manchester Sep-25 £ 110,000,000 12338447 View project
18 Keuper Gas Storage Project Utilities Cheshire West & Chester Nov-25 £ 100,000,000 12061415 View project
19 Prestwich Redevelopment, Phase 1 – Longfield Centre Commercial & Retail Bury Jun-25 £ 100,000,000 12201904 View project
20 Talbot Gateway – Phase 3 – DWP Offices Commercial & Retail Blackpool Jun-25 £ 100,000,000 12509899 View project
21 Talbot Road – MOD Offices Commercial & Retail Blackpool May-25 £ 100,000,000 12782922 View project
22 Warwick Mill Development – 285 Flats & Retail Residential Rochdale Jan-26 £ 100,000,000 12165107 View project
23 Mayfield Manchester Phase 1, Office 1 – The Republic Commercial & Retail Manchester Jun-25 £ 98,794,758 12470998 View project
24 Fallowfield Student Residences – Phase 2 Residential Manchester Oct-25 £ 92,000,000 12239280 View project
25 Manchester Metropolitan University – All Saints Library Transformation Civic & Public Manchester Dec-25 £ 90,000,000 12746241 View project
26 South Heywood, Heywood – Distribution Centre Industrial Rochdale Jan-26 £ 85,379,500 12540808 View project
27 HMP Hindley Civic & Public Wigan Apr-25 £ 84,000,000 12272049 View project
28 Cross Lane – 182 Bed Student Accommodation Residential Salford Jan-26 £ 82,280,000 12669832 View project
29 Former East Lancashire Paper Mill, Radcliffe – 291 Houses & 107 Apartments Residential Bury Dec-25 £ 80,000,000 12373180 View project
30 Former Parkside Colliery – Phase 1 Industrial Wigan Jan-26 £ 80,000,000 12713935 View project

(Source: Barbour ABI, updated October 2025)

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