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A £125m redevelopment of The Galleries will take at least seven years, a Wigan Council boss has revealed.The council purchased the 3.2-hectare site, which includes the Makinson Arcade and Marketgate Shopping Centre, in 2018 for £8m.The council wants to reverse the decline of the shopping centre, which accounts for almost a quarter of Wigan town centre's footprint, with plans for residential, leisure, food and drink uses, office space and a new market.A formal procurement process is now underway and the council is expecting to select a development partner to deliver its £125m vision later this year.But Becca Heron, Director of Economy and Skills, told a scrutiny committee on Wednesday that it would take many years for this vision to become a

An 'derelict and empty' corner of Manchester is set to go from 100 residents to several thousand in the coming years.

The regeneration of Wythenshawe — four decades in the making — is about to take a major step forward, the council says.