£294m plans to transform Manchester's landmark Great Northern Warehouse to go ahead
Plans to totally transform a landmark building in Manchester city centre have been given the go ahead. The Great Northern Warehouse will be redeveloped with the cinema scrapped, nearly 750 flats built and new office space created.
The 1990s retail extension, which is currently home to the Odeon cinema, will be demolished to make way for 746 apartments across three new buildings peaking at 34 storeys. 'High quality' office space will be the 'centrepiece' of the project with 150,000 sq ft of workspace planned for around 1,800 people.Repurposing the multi-storey car park into office space will leave 929 parking spaces of which almost a fifth would be reserved for residents of the new flats.
However, no affordable housing is planned on the site. Lib Dem councillor John Leech argued that developer Trilogy - which is expected to make more than £30m in profit from the project - should pay for affordable housing elsewhere. Responding to the decision, Trilogy founder and CEO Robert Wolstenholme said: "A huge team has worked tirelessly and with huge passion for over 8 years to listen, design and refine to arrive at a proposed scheme we hope Manchester will proud of."There is much still to do and we will continue to work hard to bring to life what has been in our imaginations for so many years. We greatly look forward to continuing to build a community of the best of the north at the Great Northern.
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