Hawkins\Brown designed the scheme. Credit: via Active Profile

Morgan Sindall completes ECF’s £60m Novella  

Boasting 211 apartments across 23 storeys, the building is the latest phase of English Cities Fund’s £1bn Salford Central masterplan to wrap up. 

Features at Novella include a 24-hour concierge, communal lounges, a podium roof garden, a residents’ gym and a wellness suite. 

The £60m scheme, located between Trinity Way and the River Irwell, was designed by Hawkins\Brown and built by Morgan Sindall Construction. 

“Novella raises the bar in contemporary living in Salford,” said Max Bentham, senior development manager at ECF, a joint venture between Muse Developments, Legal & General and Homes England. 

“As we continue to deliver on the wider masterplan, centrally located new homes are becoming increasingly in demand from a diverse mix of people which is great to see.”

He added: “One of our goals is to revolutionise what inner-city living means and offer more than just a place to live, we want to build communities.  

“Novella offers more communal spaces and opportunities to host events in the building, so that it fits with social lifestyles, as well as providing workspaces for those who work from home but want some separation from their personal apartment space.”  

Shaun Jones, area director for Greater Manchester at Morgan Sindall Construction, said: “Having previously delivered The Slate Yard and the New Bailey and Stanley Street NCP multi-storey car parks, we’re proud to have been a key partner on this transformative masterplan.”    

Other residential developments at ECF’s 50-acre Salford Central include Slate Yard and Atelier, which are both complete, and Greenhaus, a 100% affordable development on Chapel Street being built by Eric Wright Construction. 

Earlier this year, Place North West revealed that ECF had lodged plans for another residential building, located between Novella and Slate Yard. This development features 198 apartments and reaches 22 storeys. 

Both Hawkins\Brown and planning consultant DPP have been retained for the next phase. 

As well as Salford Central, the English Cities Fund has also been appointed to deliver the £2.5bn Salford Crescent masterplan. 

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lovely scheme – really like the grid and the bronze coloured panels / windows.

By manc

I like this one as well but seems to divide opinion. Looks of decent quality in the flesh.

By Anonymous

We like it!

By Digbuth O'Hooligan

I looked at buying a flat in this development but the 24-hour concierge, communal lounges, odium roof garden, residents’ gym and wellness suite come at a hefty cost, both in terms of purchase price and potential service charge, relative to other developments nearby (including other Muse/ECF developments).

Will be interesting to see how this corner of the river progresses once the arts venue is open. Between the recent developments and the Ordsall Chord, it feels like there have been barriers, hoardings and fences up along that stretch for a decade. Hopefully the footbridge across between the Manchester and Salford sides eventually re-opens as well….

By Salfordian

We need more affordable bungalow’s for the elderly and Manchester office’s for more good jobs not fancy apartments

By Anonymous

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