PLANNING | £110m Factory goes before Manchester committee
Manchester City Council’s first planning meeting of 2017 is expected to approve the construction of the £110m Factory arts centre at St John’s, a PRS development by Mulbury in Ancoats, and a controversial residential proposal by Renaker in Castlefield.
The committee is due to meet on Thursday 12 January.
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Factory arts centre
Developer: Allied London and Manchester City Council
Value: £110m
Architect: Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Capacity: 7,000
Type: Theatre and musical events space at St John’s
Blossom Street, Ancoats
Developer: Mulbury Homes
Architect: Tim Groom
Height: Eight and seven storeys
Flats: 140
Type: Private rent
2-4 Chester Road, Castlefield
Developer: Renaker Build
Architect: OMI Architects
Height: 21 and 12 storeys
Flats: 188 apartments
Type: Private rent