Glenbrook fleshes out Northern Quarter thinking
A second round of public consultation is underway on the developer’s plans to knock down the Church Street multi-storey car park and build 300 homes.
Glenbrook is proposing three buildings on the 1.5-acre site in Manchester’s Northern Quarter district.
The plans can be viewed online
The building on the corner of Thomas Street and Tib Street will be six storeys. Two taller buildings of 11 and 12 storeys will front Church Street.
They will feature hundreds of apartments as well as townhouses with at least 20% of the homes to come forward on affordable tenures. There will be a mix of one-, two-, and three-bed homes on offer.
The ground floor spaces will be reserved for retailers and F&B companies; a dedicated community and creative hub also features within the proposals.
Following the first round of consultation, feedback supported the brick materiality proposed in Tim Groom Architects’ designs. The inclusion of public spaces and greenery and the retention of the Northern Quarter vibe were highlighted among the must-haves by participants in the consultation.
In response, Glenbrook has committed to creating “a place that feels, unmistakably, like the Northern Quarter, but greener”.
LDA Design is leading on landscape, Deloitte is the planning consultant, and Levrant is advising on heritage matters. RLB is the social impact and sustainability lead, and Republik of Ideas is leading on the consultation. Renaissance is the structural engineer and Hilson Moran is the acoustic and environmental consultant.
A planning application is expected in the autumn. The latest round of consultation will run until 28 June.
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Design’s are looking great! Fingers crossed this can delivered soon.
By Anonymous
The Church Street multistory carpark is an eyesore and these proposals look great so please crack on. Can we please also have a plan for clearing the Arndale centre multistory carpark.
By Anonymous
The last place in town I’d want to live. Especially since Piccadilly Gardens shut.
By Anonymous
Yeah that car park is such a blot on the landscape – should have been demolished years ago.
By Inspector North
shame to lose the cool bridge but other than that it looks great
By Yay!
Just looked at the consultation boards, what a great looking scheme and what a location, so much cool stuff happening right on your door step. Let’s get going.
By Anonymous
Designs look great it will be such an improvement to the area
By Richard Gahagan
Genuinely excellent.
By Rye
@Anonymous 8:50am you couldn’t have timed this post any worse
By Anonymous
Anonymous 11.02.. I’d read the post again..this time pay attention. This is great news
By Anonymous
cool stuff = mass brawls
By Anonymous
Cracking stuff! Great to see some new public realm in this location. Much needed and will add street level activity in a forgotten part of the NQ.
By Anonymous