Over 2,500 jobs could be created after proposals for a new £60m building at Manchester Science Park were revealed.
17.02.2023 - 11:35 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Plans to totally transform a landmark building in Manchester city centre have been given the go ahead. The Great Northern Warehouse will be redeveloped with the cinema scrapped, nearly 750 flats built and new office space created.
The Grade-II listed building has been redesigned to 'reflect the demands of the post-pandemic world' in a scheme described as 'genuinely transformative'. Work on the £294m regeneration project is expected to start next year and will be completed in three phases, with the final stage to be finished by 2029.
The 1990s retail extension, which is currently home to the Odeon cinema, will be demolished to make way for 746 apartments across three new buildings peaking at 34 storeys. 'High quality' office space will be the 'centrepiece' of the project with 150,000 sq ft of workspace planned for around 1,800 people.
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Repurposing the multi-storey car park into office space will leave 929 parking spaces of which almost a fifth would be reserved for residents of the new flats. A glass bridge would also be built between the warehouse and Deansgate Terrace to connect the buildings with improved access to Deansgate Mews where affordable retail space for independent businesses will be available.
Around 45 pc of the six-acre site would be public space with Great Northern Square, which sits at the front of the Warehouse, to be transformed into a 'welcoming green oasis'. New pedestrian and cycle routes are also planned across the site to increase connectivity and access to the wider city centre.
However, no affordable housing is planned on the site. Lib Dem councillor John Leech argued that developer Trilogy - which is expected to
Over 2,500 jobs could be created after proposals for a new £60m building at Manchester Science Park were revealed.
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