Fresh designs revealed for X1’s The Plaza

X1 is proposing changes to the facade and balconies of the £34m The Plaza development in Manchester, which is currently being built by Forrest.

An application has been submitted to Manchester City Council which shows substantial changes to the building’s planned façade, which was approved  in December 2015.

DK Architects has updated the building’s façade and balconies as part of the redesign for the 10-storey building, which will provide 201 homes on Advent Way in Ancoats. Click below to enlarge images.

Images of the revised facade sumitted in 2017

Scheme as approved in 2015

Forrest has been on site since September 2016.

It represents the second phase of X1’s wider Eastbank development, the first phase of was which completed by Forrest last year and houses 111 apartments.

The Plaza is one of a number of X1 projects currently being built by Forrest, which is also on site at the developer’s The Gateway and The Landmark developments, both in Greater Manchester.

Plans for the building were originally approved in December 2015

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