Long-awaited Great Northern Warehouse proposal unveiled
Trilogy Real Estate and Hong Kong-based Peterson Group are bringing forward updated plans for a mixed-use redevelopment of the well-known Manchester site, featuring 750 homes across three buildings – including a 32-storey tower.
The developer has launched a public consultation on its proposals for the historic Great Northern site, four years after an earlier iteration of the plans was approved.
Since then, Manchester City Council adopted a strategic regeneration framework for the area but Trilogy and Peterson’s scheme still did not come forward.
Read about the earlier iteration of the project, approved by the city council in 2018.
Trilogy’s fresh vision for the site, designed by SimpsonHaugh Architects, seeks the demolition of the 1990s addition to the warehouse, which currently houses an Odeon cinema and an NCP car park.
The residential element of Trilogy’s proposals will be built on the site of the 1990s extension. Credit: via consultation documents
Three residential buildings will be constructed on the cleared site. They will be 112 metres, 92 metres and 52 metres tall. The neighbouring Beetham Tower is 152 metres in height.
The 370,000 sq ft grade two star-listed Great Northern Warehouse will be refurbished into offices. This marks a change from the earlier iteration of the proposals, which sought the building’s conversion into apartments.
Trilogy has also been working with landscape architect Planit-IE on plans to revamp the square that fronts the warehouse.
Subject to planning approval, construction is expected to start late in 2023, according to Trilogy.
Last month, Place North West reported that former U+I and Argent development director James Heather had joined the firm as a consultant. Heather will lead on the Great Northern Warehouse redevelopment.
You can hear from Trilogy at Place North West’s Future of Retail conference on 15 September.
