Cheshire East council has launched a search for property partners with the creation of a new developer framework.
The panel will be used to source project appraisal advice, project and programme management, finance and funding, planning, design and technical advice, construction, sales and marketing.
The council’s assets service is responsible for managing more than £600m of Cheshire East land and property.
It aims to become increasingly committed to promoting economic growth, regeneration and to provide new housing development through the “smarter use of its land and property portfolio”.
The council is expected to invite tenders for the framework in July 2013, with the panel of contractors, developers and advisers in place soon afterwards.
The new framework agreement will run for a maximum of four years.
Jamie Macrae, council cabinet member in charge of prosperity and economic regeneration, said: “We want to gather a portfolio of best-in-class companies – a mixture of top local and international developer partners. We believe that Cheshire East deserves the best.
“This framework will help the council bring forward development opportunities more efficiently, strategically and speed up the development process.
“There is also a need for a significant number of new homes in the borough over the period of the next local plan. The council has a responsibility to make land and property available to help facilitate the new development required.”
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