Mixed-Use Development Planned for Abandoned Manchester Site

Development plans for a commercial and housing scheme planned for an abandoned Manchester building site have been unveiled by developer Urban & Civic.

Urban & Civic purchased the abandoned site on the corner of Princess Street and Whitworth Street in Manchester city centre with an extant planning permission for offices, apartments and a hotel. The revised plans will consist of two blocks containing 240 apartments, a four-star hotel, ground floor retail and restaurant spaces and a landscaped public square.

Andrew Lavin, development manager at Urban & Civic, said:

"Our reworked scheme comprises a high quality, mixed-use development consisting of three buildings sitting over the existing four-level basement car park.

"Our vision is to create a vibrant development that complements and enhances the historic context and sensitively reconnects the site to its surroundings.

"We believe the introduction of retail and restaurant units on the ground floor level showcasing some of the city's finest and most eclectic artisans along with a landscaped public square will help reinvigorate and re-energise this part of the city."

The plans, which were unveiled at a public exhibition this week, are expected to go in for planning later this autumn.

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Commercial Solicitors