Re:shape unveils 413-home Salford co-living
Located off Worrall Street in Ordsall, the development will ‘prioritise local people and key workers’ according to the developer.
Re:shape has unveiled plans for a 413-unit co-living scheme in Salford and is seeking feedback on its proposals.
Have your say – www.reshapeliving-worrallst.co.uk
Designed by Buttress Architects, the scheme will provide 80 homes available at 20% discounted market rent.
The developer is aiming to deliver private living spaces starting at 226 sq ft, alongside ‘best in class’ shared amenity spaces to provide a ‘superior living experience for those currently living in HMOs but cannot afford to buy’.
Robbie Nightingale, Re:shape’s head of delivery, said the scheme would provide an alternative housing choice for “local people and key workers” living in HMOs who cannot afford to buy.
“We know that the housing crisis is having a major impact on people from all backgrounds,” he said.
“It will be ideal for younger professionals that are really being squeezed right now as a result of the ongoing cost of living crisis.”
Re:shape acquired the site from a high-net-worth Malaysian investor in April this year.
The shared amenity space within the scheme will feature dedicated areas for eating and socialising, with areas for leisure, dining and relaxing.
The development will also have a winter garden, pergola, gym spaces, and wellness suite, according to Re:shape.
As well as the building itself, the development will include free to use spaces, that will be open to non-residents, urban landscaping will help to open up a riverside walkway, helping to connect key economic and tourism hubs.
Nightingale added: “We want the community to embrace this new building and use it to its full potential. We are passionate about making a genuine long-term difference in Salford.
“Through our community investment programme, we want to identify 10 to 15 local charities, community groups, local businesses and social enterprises who will benefit from free access to Worrall Street.”
Ben Tabiner, associate director at Buttress Architects, said opening up access to the river was a key part of the design approach.
“This project stands out for its open design philosophy, offering accessible facilities and opportunities for the wider public to benefit from,” he said.
“Furthermore, our design pays homage to the site’s industrial heritage as a former dye works, with an aesthetic inspired by the distinctive corduroy fabric lines once produced here, a testament to our commitment to this former industrial site. Notably, the project features a striking roof terrace that promises panoramic views spanning the river and cityscape.”
Re:shape intends to submit a planning application for the project this autumn.
Stantec is advising on planning, KS4 is the project consultant, and Social is advising on community engagement.
The Worrall Street scheme is by no means the first co-living development to come forward in Salford, but the developer will be hoping for a swifter passage through planning than others have experienced.
CERT Property lodged plans for a 261-unit co-living development at Clippers Quay – which also features 141 apartments – in December 2021.
Since then, the developer has been in an ongoing dialogue with Salford City Council planners, who have expressed nervousness about the co-living concept.
Last month, Place North West revealed that CERT had significantly reduced the number of co-living units, allowing the developer to increase the size of the remaining homes.
Beech Holdings’ plans for a co-living development in Langworthy met with rejection last year after planners voiced concerns about the size of the proposed units.
co-living the 21st century answer to slum housing. We need proper homes to tackle the housing crisis not rebranded student digs for adults. Salford has plenty of vacant plots that could easily provide decent quality and spacious long term homes. Local people deserve better.
By GetItBuilt!
Maybe they could even leave some space to walk along the river?
By Anonymous
I think the criticism of Co-Living is very short sighted and sadly based on ignorance of the quality of the typical product and amenities on offer. Focussing on the size of the rooms misses the point. If PBSA is acceptable for people in Further Education why is Co-Living not acceptable for those not in Further Education or recent graduates? Do critics seriously think living in a marginally larger room in a small Spartan HMO is better for residents than living in a smart Co-Living development with shared spaces and leisure and workspace and outside garden areas etc.?
By More Co-Living please
Even the render looks grim. The whole Ordsall Rd redevelopment has been a missed opportunity, shame there appears to have been no strategy, just left to developers to pack them in to to the roadside or canal path.
By Clouded Leopard
I want there to be loads more tiny flats in Manchester, I’d love to see thousands more, more than Liverpool or Leeds
By Anonymous
This us not what locals want. Why doesn’t anyone listen. Concrete city.
By Anonymous
Ordsall Lane’s growth is impressive. It would be great to see more local services though. The council needs to force developers hands more to create street life. I’d hope the remaining ground floor frontages along other plots on Ordsall Lane are reserved for commercial. More local supermarkets, gyms, hairdressers would bring life to the area. Surely with all the new demand, we must be getting to decent business cases for a good bus service along Ordsall Lane and improved pedestrian links to Cornbrook and Pomona metrolink stations?
By Local Services
Said it before and will say it again Salford need a Co-Living Planning Policy (and they need pdq) – Manchester did one several years ago to guide this type of development to the most appropriate parts of the city. Not sure if this is the right location – in Mediacity or on Chapel Street may be more appropriate. One for the Planners and the Council to determine.
By Anonymous
They need to leave enough room for a bridge over to Pomona Island
By Levelling Up Manager
@More Co-Living Please criticising co-living is very much needed and not based on ignorance, it needs to be analysed and carefully considered for its impact on the local community, society and the housing market. Slum housing has been allowed by planning for years and enabled greedy landlords and developers to maximise their investment with the old ram em` in mentality. In the 19th century we had multiple families living in single rooms with shared facilities in what were meant to be single family townhouses, then we had HMOs which were converted family homes for multiple people living in single rooms, which also reduced the number and quality of family homes and often poor quality. Co-living is just the next reincarnation and will not replace quality decent homes.
By GetItBuilt!
Yes. a foot bridge to Pomona (old name Strawberry Fields) Tram Stop would work wonders.
By Anonymous
The parking situation is atrocious around here now, cars all over the pavements
By Anonymous
@More Co-Living please, I would agree with @GetItBuilt! and feel they have hit the nail on the head.
You may be correct in saying that co-living developments may be built to a much superior standard than existing HMOs. However, that status will only last a few years from being built. In 10, 20, 30 years and beyond, these developments will be progressively become the messy, slum-like areas that @GetItBuilt! describes.
This genre of development has been recreated by the developers who are trying to shoehorn into the market what they proclaim as being “more affordable”, simply because the rest of the residential sector has become so unaffordable.
By Itsnotallaboutthebottomline!
They can give it a fancy modern name but really it’s just another high priced rent, high rise block – akin to a house (tower) of multiple occupation or block of student accommodation
By Anonymous