Renaker moves to complete Greengate hat-trick
Parkside, a 42-storey skyscraper, will be the final element of the developer’s Salford residential cluster to come forward.
Renaker is preparing to lodge a reserved matters application for the third phase of its Greengate masterplan, known as Colliers Yard, with a provisional start on site pencilled in for February 2024.
The developer has submitted an EIA scoping request to Salford City Council, a document sent to statutory consultees to inform them about what issues will be considered prior to the submission of a planning application.
Renaker told Place North West that a date for the submission of a planning application for Parkside, which could feature up to 518 apartments, “remains undefined at this point in time.”
Meanwhile, work on the other two towers within the masterplan is ongoing.
The first phase of the masterplan, the 51-storey Cortland at Colliers Yard, topped out last month. The development features 559 apartments.
Cortland at Colliers Yard was designed by OMI Architects and Denton Corker Marshall is now on board as the delivery architect.
The second phase, known as Bankside, started on site in March. This phase features 444 apartments and reaches 43 storeys.
Both Bankside and Parkside are designed by Denton Corker Marshall.
Deloitte Real Estate is advising Renaker on planning.
Elsewhere at Greengate, Salboy’s 220-apartment Fifty5ive completed earlier this month. Meanwhile, the wait for a start on site for One Heritage’s proposed 55-storey tower goes on.
Should be an automatic approval
By Verticality
Well done Renaker on achieving 98% of skyscrapers in the city! Hopefully this tower will look different to all the other ones
By Balcony warrior
I hope Cortland got a discount to allow for lower rents when the future towers block off resident’s views from their windows.
By James yates
That One Heritage tower will be best design in the city when it finally gets approval. It’s what Great Jackson St needs..a non flat top ideally more than 60 stories for a bit of height variation.
By John
Great to see this previously zombie car park zone regenerate.
By Raimondo
That’s a real cluster there now. Keep the quality linking properly to the st and this will be a really vibrant area.
By Anonymous
Wow, I remember around here not that many years ago looking out from Dial house onto a forgotten sea of neglect . How things change !
By Harry bowman
Greengate shaping up to be a great counterweight to the skyscrapers at the southern end of the city centre.
Hopefully One Heritage comes to fruition to complete it nicely!
By Dave
Fabulous unless you had to live in the middle of this mess for 2 years as your sunlight has been gradually removed and you get woken at 5:30am 7 days a week by workman who appear to be unable to drive round without having reverse beeper going…. 12 hours a day…everyday..so loud at time it’s not possible to hear your own TV… fabulous for all the builders profits..not so great for the people that bought the original flats in the area that allowd this area to become popular and have had massive value taken from their flats as the views have been turned into the shadow of bigger buildings….
By Stuck in the middle
I’m interested to know what the other two buildings that border the central park area will look like and who owns those plots. I hope we don’t see further very tall buildings on those plots for the sake of anyone who wants to enjoy some sunlight in that park.
By Anonymous
The quality of design in new buildings in Manchester compared with other cities in Europe is 0. Manchester should stop building skyscrapers it’s a disaster for the city in my opinion.
By John
What about social housing for the real people of this area, those of you commenting on this are probably in the same situation as myself living in this area on min wage , get real .
By Anonymous
Anon 09.24 What people living here already ? Nobody lived here until a few years ago, it was all car parks and industrial decay. That’s what investment does, it brings in new money and new people. Seems to be doing very well too as the area like the rest of the city centre is booming.
By Realism
Two great clusters now at the south and west of the city centre with a lot more approved. Couldn’t have believed it 10 years ago when the Beetham tower was pretty much it. Still awaiting a truly signature building though. I suspect that’s going to take rather longer when the world’s economy improves.
By Anonymous
@Stuck in the middle – when moving into an apartment surrounded by surface level car parks on former industrial land within a city centre, what did you expect to happen exactly? For the area to stay a wasteland? Brilliant from Renaker to once again develop a run-down area of Manchester city centre.
By Big dub
Will be approved and built within 2 years no petitions or public enquiries or lets save are derelict waste land here .
By Anonymous