This time round Morgan Sindall’s regeneration specialist has been named preferred development partner for the £145m regeneration of Stockport Grand Central Station.

Since purchasing the site in January, Stockport Council has been procuring a development partner to deliver the ambitious redevelopment for the site.

The scheme includes over 200 apartments, a 1,500 space multi-storey car park, a 130-bed hotel, new office quarter and the remodelling of the existing leisure facilities.

Muse will now be recommended to Stockport Council’s Executive in a report to be presented next week.

Paul Smith, Chief Executive of Morgan Sindall Group, said: “We are delighted to be selected as preferred bidder on this regeneration scheme for what is set to be an exciting development for Stockport.

“Muse has been highly successful recently in securing a number of regeneration projects including Basingstoke and Deane, Warrington and Chester, which have a total development value of approximately £590m.

“Regeneration schemes are large scale and complex projects which very few companies are capable of delivering. Morgan Sindall has these capabilities and we see this part of the business as a key growth area in our medium term strategy.”