Oddly enough the focus for publicity about the North West is often about the football clubs and their performance and now this applies to property as well.
Liverpool is seeking to capitalise on the potential for regeneration in the Anfield area as part of the expansion of the stadium while the wealthy backers of Manchester City want to use 90 acres for a big project.
In both cases, the cities gain from the plans which underline the commercial aspect of having a successful football club in a city or town. In the case of Liverpool, it is just one of the major changes that continue to transform the port city (and even the port is thriving).
Apart from anything else, this underlines the importance and bravery of Grosvenor in building the Liverpool One Shopping Centre.
In Manchester, there is the potential for such significant developments that the future is transformed. Clearly, this is a burning ambition of Sir Howard Bernstein and the council. It is a picture that has also attracted Chinese and Middle East investors.
What is happening in the region strengthens the case for the HS2 railway line, particularly as the capacity of the existing system will reach its limit in the near future.
That fact is always forgotten by the new line’s critics in the south (yes, they are in the Home Counties).