X1 unveils latest Salford student block
Plans for a 10-storey scheme comprising 396 bedrooms on the site of Cumberland House on Lissadel Street are being worked up.
X1 Campus is behind the Salford student scheme, which is a short distance from another of the developer’s pipeline projects, the 353-bed Cheltenham Place.
At Lissadel Street, X1 wants to knock down Cumberland House, which currently occupies the site, and build a student scheme designed by Tim Groom Architects.
A former mill and factory, Cumberland House is not listed.
Euan Kellie Property Solutions is leading on planning matters. An EIA screening request has been submitted to Salford City Council. A planning application will follow.
The site is located on the cusp of the Salford Crescent regeneration zone, a 250-acre site being redeveloped into an innovation cluster by ECF on behalf of Salford City Council and the University of Salford.
Phase one of the £2.5bn scheme features almost 1,000 homes and 1.7m sq ft of commercial space, academic and research floorspace, active ground-floor space, and a car park.
No need to knock it down, could be incorporated into the design. Tim Groom or not.
By Anonymous
Cumberland House is a seriously unusual building and should be incorporated into X1’s new scheme. Their first development on Chapel Street has aged really badly and this will be the same. Salford has hardly any buildings of note left and the council really should stick up for the borough’s heritage.
By Heritage Action
Not the most salubrious street to be walking along to get to class. Or to get anywhere in fact. It’s pretty grim around there.
By Anonymous