Not-for-profit housing provider Anchor Hanover has been chosen to deliver what is billed as the UK’s first purpose-built LGBT+ housing scheme for older people, comprising 100 units on Russell Road in Whalley Range, Manchester.
The developer behind refused plans to demolish a pair of grade two-listed former weavers cottages on Thomas Street in Manchester’s Northern Quarter to make way for an apartment scheme has asked that the city council’s ruling be overturned.
The housebuilder wants to redevelop The Manchester College’s 18-acre Northenden Campus into 240 homes once the college relocates to its £54m city centre campus, currently under construction.
Park Place features 1,037 apartments across two 56-storey towers and is the latest scheme to come forward under Manchester’s Great Jackson Street masterplan.
A framework to redevelop North Manchester General into a £600m “healthy living campus” and a 15-year masterplan to revive Wythenshawe Hospital have been approved by the city council, alongside plans for Withington Village and Ardwick.
Jim had innate design sense and George Best flair and set about transforming Manchester’s Castlefield before anyone else did, writes Phil Griffin.
Work can now begin on The Fairfax, 488 apartments in Manchester’s Piccadilly East district, after the council issued a final decision notice more than a year after approving the project.
A draft 20-year plan to guide transport and connectivity improvements to and around the city centre and encourage 90% of trips be made by foot, bike or public transport, is tipped for approval today.
Plans to redevelop the North Manchester General Hospital site into a five-part “healthy living campus” have moved a step closer. with the council's executive set to approve a strategic regeneration framework.
Far East Consortium and Manchester City Council's 390-acre masterplan will now be known as Victoria North, a move that aims to "create a sense of place”, according to Gavin Taylor, regional general manager at FEC in Manchester.
