CRACKING ON | Manchester’s construction boom continues
Paul Unger
While many of us have been locked down at home, construction teams have been progressing sites across the North West. In the first of a three-part weekly series, Place North West takes a look at what has been happening in and around central Manchester.
Cycling through the city in the past fortnight, it felt like construction workers were the only other people there. At the end of June, Manchester had 50 tower cranes on the skyline, down from 80 a year earlier, according to the construction watchers on the SkyscraperCity forum.
The tour takes in Northern Quarter, Ancoats, city fringe into Salford and Trafford, St Johns, New Bailey, the Quays, Deansgate, St Peter’s Square, Oxford Road and more. While not a comprehensive list, Place found more than 60 live projects, all detailed below. Residential projects, and private rented in particular, dominate the list.
Office workers returning to the centre will see much has been done in their absence including a handful of notable completions, such as MMU’s arts and humanities building on Oxford Road and Worthington’s 125 Deansgate office building.
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Lampwick, New Islington
Developer: Manchester Life, partnership between Manchester City Council and Manchester City FC owner Abu Dhabi United Group
Description: 213 PRS homes, 5,000 sq ft commercial
Team: Contractor, John Sisk & Son; architect Callison RTKL; planner, Deloitte
Other developments ongoing in New Islington are Urban Splash’s Mansion House seen in background and 17 town houses around the corner in Piercy Street. Manchester Life has New Little Mill, the final part of Murray Mills, on site not far away in Ancoats.
Leonardo Hotel, Adair and Great Ancoats Streets
Developer: Capital & Centric
Funder: Greater Manchester Pension Fund
Description: 275-bed hotel, 14 floors
Value: £35.5m
Team: operator, Leonardo Hotels; main contractor, Bowmer & Kirkland; architect, Stephenson Studio; QS, Arcadis; project manager, Arcadis; planner, Avison Young; PR, Font Communications
Piling started. Due for completion 2022
Crusader Mill, Piccadilly East
Developer: Capital & Centric
Value: £50m
Description: Listed textile mill conversion into 126 apartments for sale
Team: main contractor, Artez; architect shedkm; QS and project manager Cinns; planner Deloitte; PR, Font Communications.
Cloister walls are now built across most of the buildings with apartments being formed behind them. Majority of window frames now installed with large number now glazed. Roofs are being slated and show apartment nearly concluded. Brickwork repairs and structural works ongoing. Structure for the lift and walkways has started going in.
Phoenix, Piccadilly East
Developer: Capital & Centric
Value: £25m
Description: 75 apartments for sale, 10 storeys
Team: main contractor, Eric Wright; architect: shedkm; QS and project manager Cinns; planner: Deloitte; PR: Font Communications.
Finishing touches, with the project due to complete at the end of July, ready for first residents to move in August. Including installing balconies, windows and roof terraces, finalising interiors and decoration.
111 Piccadilly
Developer: Bruntwood Works
Description: 60,000 sq ft office, due for completion September 2020
Team: contractor, Workspace Design & Build; architect 3DReid; lighting, StudioTech & Artin Light
The Gem extension, pictured, has been added to the front of the building, which will provide a calming breakout and art exhibition space. The entrance steps have been moved to create a better arrival experience, and the coffee counter, which will be home to Ancoats Coffee Co, has been installed. Added to this is the fitout of the lounge and coworking space, and completion of 200 ft external light installation. In March, one third of the external lights had been installed and Bruntwood Works used these to thank key workers as part of the ‘clap for carers’.
- Check out 111 Piccadilly on the Place North West Development Map
Oxygen, Great Ancoats and Store Street, Piccadilly
Developer: Property Alliance Group
Description: 345 apartments for rent, 12 townhouses, 31 storeys
Value: £100m
Team: contractor Russell WBHO; Jon Matthews Architects; managing agent Alliance City Living; letting agent JLL; engineers WSP structural, Ce2 MEP; landscape ReForm.
Concrete frame topped out, concrete cladding and window installation ongoing. Tower 3 cladding and balconies completed. Internal fit-out continues in phases, some apartments to second fix.
Anco&Co, Blossom and Great Ancoats Streets
Developer: Mulbury City, funded and operated by DTZ Investors
Description: 143 PRS units, including townhouses
Value: £30m
Team: Tim Groom Architects
Anco&Co, shown on the right, is the latest in a series of Mulbury City’s PRS projects in Manchester, and is being finished in-house after contractor Bardsley went into administration.
The Lancastrian, Oldham Road
Developer: Balfour Beatty and AIG Global Real Estate
Description: 274 build-to-rent apartments
Value: £65m
Architect: Hodder + Partners
Ancoats Gardens, Rochdale Road
Developer: Beech Group
Description: 155 rental apartments, 15 storeys
Value: £30m
Team: Create Construction; planner Paul Butler Associates; cost consultant Abacus; acoustics Sandy Brown; fire consultant Hoare Lea; structural engineer Alan Johnston Partnership
Across the road from the £17.5m Hampton by Hilton Angel Meadow, also under construction, designed by Tim Groom. Catalyst Capital’s StayCity aparthotel on nearby Mason Street stalled when contractor Bardsley went into administration. A replacement contractor has yet to be named.
MeadowSide, Angel Meadow
Developer: Far East Consortium
Description: 756 apartments and townhouses for sale
Value: £200m
Team: Westfields Construction, China Zheijang Construction Group Hong Kong; Jon Matthews Architects; agent JLL
The Gate and The Stile are more than 50% sold with completion due in summer 2021. MeadowSide spearheads the Northern Gateway, an investment partnership between FEC and Manchester City Council to provide 15,000 new homes across the north side of central Manchester over the next decade. Mount Yard on the other side of the park is also on site with 136 apartments and townhouses.
Embankment West, Greengate
Developer: Select Property Group
Description: 500 rental apartments and aparthotel suites
Team: contractor Sir Robert McAlpine; architect Callison RTKL; planner Deloitte; transport Curtins
Extension of Select’s successful CitySuites upmarket aparthotel in the emerging Greengate area. Select bought out joint venture partner Ask Real Estate’s stake in 2017. Ask and Tristan Capital Partners’ 100 Embankment offices, totalling 166,000 sq ft, completed next door in the past month.
Uptown, Trinity Way
Developers: Property Alliance Group
Description: 156 apartments to rent, three blocks
Value: £50m
Team: main contractor FK Group; architect shedkm; site inspector Ball & Berry; fire engineer: Design Fire Consultants
Concrete frame completed on the first block in past three months, and two other blocks are ongoing. Design uses modular pods, echoing Urban Splash’s modular House streets to the rear. The site is next to the River Irwell where it enters the city centre.
Canon Green, Blackfriars Road
Developer: Salix Homes
Description: Renovation of 1960s block and new-build 108 apartments, 11 storeys
Cost: £23m
Team: architect Corstophine + Wright; contractor Willmott Dixon
Adelphi Wharf, Adelphi Street
Developer: Fortis
Funder: OakNorth
Description: 380 rental apartments in second and third phases. Phase one complete
Value: £58m
Team: contractor Beaumont Morgan; architect DMS Architecture
Bridgewater Wharf, Ordsall Lane
Developer: Fortis
Description: 375 apartments to rent, eight storeys
Value: £67m
Team: contractor Beaumont Morgan; architect Darnton B3; Lambert Smith Hampton on planning; structural engineer Scott Hughes Design; building services consultant Mullins Associates; sales by Knight Knox.
Facing Pomona Island across the River Irwell and part of the Ordsall Riverside masterplan. Also on site in Ordsall Lane is The Dye Works, 250 apartments designed by DLA for developer Forshaw Land & Property.
Manchester Waters, Pomona Island
Developer: X1 and Peel L&P
Description: 540 apartments, five phases
Team: contractor Vermont; architect Falconer Chester Hall; agent Savills
First block of 75 units to rent opened to residents in June, second phase on site.
No1 Old Trafford, Trafford Wharf Road
Developer: Cole Waterhouse
Funding: Fortwell Capital
Description: 350 apartments, two blocks, 15 and 18 storeys
Value: £68m
Team: Domis Construction; Jon Matthews Architects; planning Paul Butler Associates; project manager Mace; cost consultant Mace; landscape architect Exterior Architecture; structural engineer Renaissance Associates; mechanical & electrical, Aberla, transport, SCP.
Brick cladding has been going up during lockdown next to the newly opened Wharfside station on the Metrolink Trafford Park Line.
Discovery Quay, Salford Quays
Developer: Bricks Capital Developments
Description: 404-room student accommodation
Value: £25m
Contractor: Create Construction
Architect: KKA
Fortis Quay, Salford Quays
Developer: Fortis
Description: 655 buy-to-let apartments, five blocks, tallest 27 storeys
Team: Beaumont Morgan on construction; architect Bowman Riley landscape architect DEP; planner Lambert Smith Hampton; Sanderson transport consultant; Knight Knox agent.
X1 The Gateway
Developer: X1
Description: 121 buy-to-let apartments, up to 21 storeys, sold out
Value: £28m
Team: Architect Coda Studios, planner Turley, agent Knight Knox
Liverpool-based construction firm Vermont took over after contractor Forrest collapsed late last year, Vermont having worked with Liverpudlian developer Ray Smith’s X1 on other projects.
Cornbrook Works, Chester Road
Developer: Brickland
Description: 360 PRS units
Value: £50m
Team: contractor ISG; Tim Groom Architects; planner Euan Kellie Property Solutions; agent Bellward Properties
Brick cladding has been going up during lockdown at this prominent two-block project on the border of Trafford and Manchester.
Cornbrook, Chester Road
Developer: Glenbrook
Fund: Barings
Description: 280 build-to-rent apartments, two 15-storey blocks
Value: £56m
Team: contractor, Graham; architect, Sheppard Robson; EA/QS Abacus Cost Management; structural engineer Shepherd Gilmour; mechanical & electrical, Beechfield; planning, HOW Planning (Avison Young).
External cladding and balustrades installed, curtain walling installed to ground floor and roof top tenant lounge, external landscaping to roof, including running track, progressing, internal finishes progressing and apartment inspections commenced.
Sky, City and St George’s Gardens, Chester Road
Developer: DeTrafford
Description: 420 apartments in terrace of blocks
Architect: Ollier Smurthwaite
Slow going has not deterred Gary Jackson’s DeTrafford from starting three developments next to each other one after the other before finishing the first of them. Planning approval for Gallery Gardens was approved by the delegated planning trio at Manchester City Council after being refused by committee before lockdown.
Elizabeth Tower and Victoria Residence, Deansgate
Developer: Renaker
Funder: Maslow Capital
Description: 660 apartments, 52 storeys and 21 storeys
Value: £210m
Team: architect SimpsonHaugh & Partners; agent Select Property Group
Elizabeth Tower is sold out and Victoria Residence 98% sold. Hard to imagine two such large developments being hard to spot but the dominance of four neighbouring towers at Renaker’s Deansgate Square, which are more visible from the city centre, means Elizabeth and Victoria have gone largely unmentioned in comparison.
Castle Wharf, Castlefield
Developer: Renaker
Description: 188 apartments, two blocks, 12 and 21 storeys
Team: OMI Architects
Deansgate Square
Developer: Renaker
Funder: GM Housing Fund, two towers since sold to Legal & General
Description: 1,500 apartments, four towers, 38 to 64 storeys
Value: £385m
Team: architect SimpsonHaugh & Partners; planner Deloitte; building services WSP
Renaker has become Manchester’s peerless tall building developer and self-builder over the past decade, summed up by one rival in the city as inspiring “50% admiration and 50% envy”. The finishing pieces to Deansgate Square should be wrapped up in the next few months, the final two of four blocks, amenity and outdoor spaces.
River Street Tower
Description: 800 student rooms, 32 storeys
Funders: Barclays, HSBC, NatWest
Architect: SimpsonHaugh & Partners
The long-stalled site next to the Mancunian Way became a symbol of the last recession with its six-storey concrete frame covered in graffiti standing untouched for several years. George Downing bought it from Dastur Trading in November 2017.
Birley Fields phase two, Stretford Road
Developer: Manchester Metropolitan University
Description: 500 rooms for student rent, three blocks, up to 16 storeys
Value: £30m
Team: GWP Architecture, Kier Construction
Helipad link bridge, Oxford Road
Developer: Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Description: 130m-long steel bridge
Cost: £3.9m
Team: Engie, Bruntwood, MFT, Sheppard Robson, Walker Sime
After five years in planning and fundraising the bridge is being between Grafton Street Car Park and hospitals in the Oxford Road campus which include Emergency Departments at Manchester Royal Infirmary and Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
MMU Arts & Humanities Building, Oxford Road
Developer: Manchester Metropolitan University
Description: 130,000 sq ft teaching facility including theatre and recording studios
Cost: £46m
Team: Main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction; architect Allies & Morrison; PM/QS Turner & Townsend; CDM Baker Hicks; M&E Arup; theatre consultants Charcoal Blue and Drama by Design; acoustics SRL; framework North West Construction Hub.
Contractor Morgan Sindall said: “Covid hit the project in its final stages. Handed over on 29 May on time following the award of an extension of time. Team overcame immense challenges during the Covid-19 lockdown with handover tests being undertaken using virtual technologies.”
MECD, Manchester Engineering Campus Development, Booth Street East
Developer: University of Manchester
Cost: £350m
Team: contractor Balfour Beatty; concept architect Mecanoo, detail architect BDP; project manager Buro Four; project engineer Arup; cost manager Arcadis
Despite public statements about freezing capital spending while predicting student numbers is so tricky the university has not halted its black megalith, one of the largest developments undertaken by a higher education institution in the UK.
Circle Square, Oxford Road
Developer: Bruntwood SciTech, Vita Group
Description: 1.2m sq ft office space, 1,700 homes, 100,000 sq ft retail and leisure, 250,000 sq ft public realm
Value: £750m
Team: Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley; contractors John Sisk & Son, Bowmer & Kirkland and Russell WBHO; Ridge project manager; Curtins structural and highways engineer; Deloitte planner; Appleyard & Trew cost consultant; Planit-IE landscape architect; office agents Knight Frank, JLL and Savills
First phases of residential backing onto the river are occupied and work continues across several further phases at once including hotel and car park next to Mancunian Way, offices fronting Oxford Road and public realm in the middle to be named Symphony Park.
Maldron Hotel, Charles Street
Developers: Catalyst Capital and Sir Robert McAlpine Capital Ventures
Funder: Aviva Investors
Description: 278-bed Maldron hotel operated by Dalata Hotel Group, 17 storeys
Value: £47m
Team: architect Simpson Haugh & Partners; contractor McAleer & Rushe; planner Deloitte
Artisan Heights, New Wakefield Street
Developer: Unite Group
Description: 603-bed student accommodation over 32 floors, wholly owned by Unite
Value: £78m
Team: SimpsonHaugh&Partners is architect; Turley planner; Bowmer & Kirkland contractor; structural engineer Curtins; building services engineer Waterman; Design Fire Consultants
Listed Unite was typically bold in its June trading statement, “confident in the outlook for higher education demand”, shrugging off speculation overseas students will not arrive in the same numbers next year. Shares having been climbing slowly after falling from £13 in February and are trading at £9.50.
Barclay House, Whitworth Street West
Developer: Power Living
Description: 90 apartments
Team: contractor Armstrong Projects; planner Avison Young; Howard & Seddon Architects
Manchester New Square, Princess and Whitworth Streets
Developer: Urban & Civic
Funders: GM Pension Fund, GM Housing Fund
Description: 350 apartments, up to 15 storeys
Value: £83m
Team: architect SimpsonHaugh & Partners; Lendlease contractor; JLL agent; structural engineer RoC Consulting; building services engineer Ramboll; cost manager Faithfull & Gould
Site stalled when West Properties collapsed in the financial crash and was bought by Urban & Civic in 2014.
iQ Echo Street
Developer: iQ Student Accommodation
Description: 400 co-living units, 90 student beds, up to 25 storeys
Team: Vinci, Capita, Sheppard Robson, Turley, Cundall, Ramboll, Curtins, Vectos and Planit-IE.
London Road Fire Station
Developer: Allied London
Description: 140,000 sq ft mixed-use
Team: contractor Quadrigga; architect Levitt Bernstein
Phase one essential fabric repairs underway. Scaffolding being dismantled anticlockwise is the most visual change to the exterior. Quadriga has been overseeing North West based specialist contractors that have been completing exterior masonry and terracotta work, roof and lead work, windows and doors maintenance, development of original rainwater goods and timbers.
Kampus, Canal Street
Developer: Capital & Centric and HBD
Funder: Ares
Description: 530 apartments and 40,000 sq ft commercial
Value: £250m
Team: main contractor, Mount Anvil; architects, Mecanoo, shedkm and Chapman Taylor; QS Arcadis; project manager Arcadis; planner Deloitte; PR Font Communications
Scaffolding has come down on one of the listed buildings, Minto & Turner, revealing heritage features such as ‘New York’ fire escape. The new roof and windows have been finished on the building which is being transformed into loft apartments with commercial space on the ground floor.
Cotton Yard, 40 Chorlton Street
Developers: Staying Cool and Cringle Corporation
Description: 41 aparthotel units
Team: contractor Seddon; planner Euan Kellie Property Solutions; development adviser CBRE
Clayton Hotel, Portland Street
Developer: Property Alliance Group
Funder: Aviva Investors
Description: 330-bed hotel operated by Dalata
Team: construction Russel WBHO; architects Stephenson Studio with Leach Rhodes Walker; building services design Ridge & Partners; WSP structural design; Kuits legal and commercial; CBRE acted for Aviva
Transmission House, Church and Tib Streets
Developer: Salboy
Description: 183 apartments for sale or rent, nine storeys
Team: planning, Euan Kellie Property Solutions; architect IDP; contractor Domis
Salboy’s prominent triangular block next to Afflecks Palace completed in June. Across the road, Beech Group’s 37-unit Union Square has started on site. Northern Quarter has several other projects, new-builds and renovations, ongoing not featured here.
Tribeca, Dale Street
Developer: Kamani Property Group
Description: 32,000 sq ft office
Team: Barnfield Construction; Falconer Chester Hall architects; planner Zerum; heritage consultant Donald Insall Associates; dBx Acoustics; and CFA Archaeology
11 York Street
Developer: Aviva
Description: 79,000 sq ft office
Team: architect AHR; contractor Kier; cost consultant and principal designer Gardiner & Theobald; M&E consultant Hannan Associates / TACE; structural engineer Tier Consult
Aviva’s office project, within the Upper King Street Conservation Area, topped out during lockdown.
Hyphen, 75 Mosley Street
Developer : Boultbee Brooks Real Estate
Investor: CBRE GI
Description: 51,930 sq ft office due for completion October 2020
Cost: £14m
Team: project manager OBI; architect PRP; structural engineer Tier Consult; M&E consultant MEP; contractor Russell WBHO; agents OBI and Savills
Since mid-March, the on-site team has installed cladding and removed scaffolding, completed external terraces, installed four lifts and completed joinery and decoration works throughout.
Motel One, 3 St Peter’s Square
Developer: Property Alliance Group
Description: 328 hotel bedrooms, 108 apartments, 20 storeys
Team: contractor Russell WBHO; Stephenson Studio and Leach Rhodes Walker architects
100 Barbirolli Square
Developer: AEW Investors
Description: 150,000 sq ft office redevelopment
Team: contractor, Ardmac; architect 5plus; project manager Savills; ACIES Structural Engineers and MZA Consulting Engineers; agents OBI and Savills
Tower of Light, Lower Mosley Street
Developer: Manchester City Council
Description: Low carbon energy source for civic quarter buildings
Cost: £26m
Team: contractor Vital energy; architect Tonkin Liu; planner Turley
Viadux, Albion Street
Developers: Ask Real Estate and Salboy
Description: 40-storey residential tower, 14-storey office building
Value: £300m
Team: contractor, Domis; architect SimpsonHaugh & Partners.
Enabling works include architectural survey work under grade two-listed arches.
Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square
Developer: Manchester City Council
Description: Restoration of listed town hall
Cost: £330m
Team: Lendlease as main contractor; Purcell architect; Mace project manager; Ramboll structural engineer; Planit-IE landscape architect; Arup building services engineer; Faithful + Gould quantity surveyor.
Work started in earnest this month after delays due to Covid-19 and discovery of peregrine falcons in the clock tower. Costs have risen by nearly £25m and estimated completion pushed back a year to 2024, according to council reports.
The Lincoln, Mulberry Street
Developer: M&G
Description: 102,000 sq ft office, seven floors
Team: contractor Marshall CDP; architect Jon Matthews Architects
Long-awaited redevelopment of Brazennose House will include refurbishment of Lincoln Square, between Deansgate and Albert Square. 121 Deansgate / John Dalton House is on site to the rear with the first QBIC hotel outside London. The newly completed 125 Deansgate by Worthington is next door.
125 Deansgate
Developer: Worthington Properties
Description: 116,000 sq ft office fully let to Spaces, part of Regus
Value: £85m
Team: Glenn Howells Architects; Briggs & Forrester Engineering Services; agents Knight Frank, Savills and Cheetham & Mortimer
Manchester Goods Yard, Enterprise City
Developer: Allied London
Funder: Aviva
Description: 400,000 sq ft office, 220,000 sq ft pre-let to Booking.com
Team: contractor Leandlease; architect Child Graddon Lewis; agent OBI
ABC Buildings, Quay Street
Developer: Allied London
Description: 180,000 sq ft office
Team: McLaren Construction; architect 3DReid; structural engineer Curtins; QS and project manager OBI; M&E consultant MEP Design; fire engineer Chapman BDSP; acoustician Sandy Brown; principal designer Orsa; planning Deloitte; and letting agent OBI
Renovation element of Enterprise City, and the wider St Johns area being redeveloped by Allied London. Partly complete and occupied going into lockdown, work has continued to roof and cladding on Astley & Byrom Pavilion extensions; fit-out to remaining floors of Astley & Byrom houses; final render and painting to all elevations; erection of Quay Street canopy and hard landscaping to Quay Street.
The Factory, St Johns
Developer: Allied London with Manchester City Council
Funder: £78m grant from Government
Description: 710,000 sq ft arts venue
Cost: £111m
Team: contractor Laing O’Rourke; architect OMA
Rumours of funding gaps to complete the ambitious cultural project continue to swirl around the new home of Manchester International Festival as it rises out of the ground.
Salford Central C1, Trinity Way
Developer: Muse Developments
Partners: English Cities Fund JV: Muse Developments, Legal & General and Homes England with Salford City Council
Description: 211 homes for private sale, 23 storeys
Team: architect Hawkins\Brown; contractor Morgan Sindall Construction; engineer WSP; M&E Hannan Associates; QS Walker Sime; contract administrator Buro Four; planning DPP; agent JLL
Extensive work has been conducted on Plot C1 since March which includes earthworks, ground remediation, below ground drainage, piling, retaining wall and foundation works.
Flint Building, Slate Yard
Developer: English Cities Fund: Muse Developments, Legal & General and Homes England
Partner: Salford City Council
Purchaser: Legal & General
Description: 199 PRS apartments, 21 floors
Team: Morgan Sindall Construction; architect AHR; contract administrator Buro Four; project services; MEP Hannan Associates; structural engineer and transport, WSP; landscape architect, HED; cost management, Walker Sime; fire engineer, OFR; planning consultant DPP UK.
The third and final tower of Slate Yard, which is part of the 50-acre Salford Central development by Muse and ECF. Works have progressed both internally, with the fit-out of floors continuing on levels eight to 20, the lower eight floors being inspected, signed off and locked up. Externally, the hoist has been removed, allowing the façade to be closed. The mast climbers to the north and east elevations have been dismantled to allow the balconies to be installed.
Two New Bailey Square
Developer: English Cities Fund: Muse Developments, Legal & General and Homes England
Funder: Aviva
Description: 188,500 sq ft office
Team: contractor Bowmer & Kirkland; architect AHMM; engineer Integra; contract administration RPS; QS Abacus; MEP Hannan Associates; façade Wintech; landscape HED / Re-Form
The façade and roof works have now been completed and external works have progressed well since March. Internally, mechanical and electrical works and internal finishes continue apace.
Three New Bailey
Developer: English Cities Fund JV: Muse Developments, Legal & General and Homes England
Fund: Legal & General
Description: 157,000 sq ft, new Greater Manchester base for HMRC being delivered under the government’s hubs programme
Team: contractor Bowmer & Kirkland; architect Make; engineer Cundalls; contract administration Chroma; QS RPS; MEP Hannan Associates; façade Wintech; Design Fire Consultants; landscape HED; adviser to HMRC Turner & Townsend
Upper floors and roof have been completed and façade is nearing completion. Works on the floorplates are continuing. The striking red brick weaved façade is creating a new landmark next to Salford Central station.
Atelier Homes, Chapel Street
Developer: Muse Developments
Partners: English Cities Fund: Muse Developments, Legal & General and Homes England in conjunction with Salford City Council
Description: 167 apartments, 11 townhouses for sale
Value: £41.5m
Team: contractor Eric Wright; architect Buttress; engineer Alan Johnson Partnership; MEP Hannans; landscape architect HED; QS Appleyard & Trew; contract administrator Appleyard & Trew
Works on the concrete frame have been making headway, with block A coming to completion and the remaining blocks making steady progress. Staircases are being installed and steel framing systems to the facades have been put in place to allow the building to be made watertight.
Valette Square, Adelphi Street
Developer: Muse Developments
Partners: English Cities Fund: Muse Developments, Legal & General and Homes England in conjunction with Salford City Council
Description: 33 townhouses for sale
Value: £12.5m
Team: contractor John Turner; Buttress Architects; engineer Integra; MEP Hannans; landscape architect, Layer; QS Faithful & Gould; contract administrator, Chroma.
Since March, brickwork has progressed significantly and is nearing completion. Progress has also been made on the roof works with several watertight homes in the process of internal fit-out. In addition, flooring, tiling, wardrobes and kitchens are all being installed with the target for the first home being ready in early August.
Chapel Wharf, Chapel Street
Developer: Dandara
Funders: HSBC and government’s Home Building Fund
Description: 995 PRS apartments in four blocks, up to 22 storeys
Team: Axis Mason architects; contractor Sir Robert McAlpine
Affinity Living Riverview, Bridge Street
Developer: Select Property Group
Description: 332 apartments, 35 storeys
Value: £100m
Team: contractor Renaker; architect Denton Corker Marshall; planner Deloitte
Gore Street
Developers: UK Land & Property, Sir Robert McAlpine
Funder: Grainger
Description: 375 build-to-rent apartments
Value: £80m
Team: OMI Architects, Sir Robert McAlpine contractor
Middlewood Locks, Salford
Developer: Scarborough International Properties and Beijing Construction Engineering Group International
Description: 546 apartments in second phase of 25-acre development
Value: £700m, total development
Team: Whittam Cox Architects; Delancey Oxford Residential, Metro Holdings, Hualing Group
Local Crescent
Developer: Salboy
Description: 399 apartments, seven townhouses
Team: Jon Matthews Architects; Euan Kellie Property Solutions; Domis construction; managed by Urbanbubble
University of Salford Science, Engineering & Environmental Building
Developer: University of Salford
Description: 165,000 sq ft teaching facility
Cost: £49.5m
Team: main contractor Morgan Sindall; architect Sheppard Robson; structures, Arup; M&E, A&B Engineering
Works started on site in July with a contracted completion date of August 2022.