Manchester - February

2016 Development
Update
Ed Howe
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Full summary of proposals and

developments in Manchester

Completed Projects
(Projects which have completed construction since November 2015)
- Chapel St / Caxton St, Salford | 9 Apartments | 6fl, 1m
- TRANSPORT | Airport Station Fourth Platform, 23m
- Corn Exchange Redevelopment | Food & Retail, 30m
- Printworks facade redevelopment
- Salford University; Peel Park Campus | 5fl x 5 / 9fl x 7 / 7fl x 1 blocks, 81m
- NOMA | Public Realm Landscaping around Century House (Sadlers Yard)
- Caxton Hall | Chapel St | Conversion to 12 apartments, 1m
- Jactin House, Ancoats | Conversion + New build offices | 38,000sqft, 2m
- METROLINK | Second City Crossing; Victoria to Exchange Square, 11m
- Lowry Theatre | New Entrance & Waterside Restaurant | 3m
- Leigh>Salford>Central Manchester Guided Busway, 68m
- King St Townhouse, Booth Street, Spring Gardens | 40 rooms. 2m
- Exchange Quay redevelopment | New public realm, recladding, 10m
- Hope Mill | New Theatre | Pollard St, New Islington

Currently Under Construction

- Bollin House | Apartments | Edge St Northern Quarter | 6 floors | 16 apts, 10m
- X1 Salford Quays Phase 3 | 60 apartments | 6 floors, 3m
- The Point | New Islington Phase 2 | 30 Apartments | 4 floors, 20m
- 56 Dale St Piccadilly | Refurbishment into 26 new apartments, 2m
- MAG World Logistics Hub, Enterprise Zone
- 8-10 Southern St | 2 four storey townhouses | Off Deansgate
- Holiday Inn | Former Employment Exchange | Aytoun St | 8 floors | 300 rooms, 5m
- Salford University Gateway, New Adelphi | 7 floors | Salford, 55m
- "House" | Urban Splash, New Islington, 44 family homes 2&3fls, 10m
- Salford Dock Office | Conversion to 67 apartments, 2m
- Abbey House Mosely St | External Refurbishment of office building
- Freemasons Hall Bridge Street Redevelopment, 2m
- Cambridge St | 28 floors apartment block, 21m (altogether)
- Oxford Street Cross-Town Bus Priority & New Cycle Lanes
- Tomorrow, Premier Inn MediaCityUK | New Hotel and 60,000sqft offices | 11 floors, 20m
- Drama Hub at Sharp Project
- White City Redevelopment
- Brunswick Redevelopment | 113m
- Greengate | 21 floors | Apartments
- Hanover House Refurbishment | Offices | 91,000sqft
- X1 Salford Quays Phase 2 | 2x6 floors | 120 apartments, 2m
- Overseas House | Deansgate/Quay St | 6 storey office extension | 52,000sqft
- 40 Chorlton St | Village | 40 new serviced apartments
- Hat Box/ Milliner's Wharf Apartments | New Islington | 8 + 9 floors | 145 apts, 30m
- Angelgate/Tymarco Buildings | 2x19 floors | 434 Apartments, 77m
- X1 MediaCity Phase 1 | 26 floors | 275 apartments, 50m
- Cambridge St | 15 floors apartment block
- 1 Ellesmere Street Hulme | 3fl, The Roof Gardens | 73 apts, 9.5m
- Manchester Smart Motorway M60 J8 to J20
- Timekeepers Square | Salford | 36 townhouses, 15m
- Cambridge St | 22 floors apartment block | 282 apts (altogether)

- TRANSPORT | Bolton Transport Interchange Redevelopment

- 6 St Annes Square | Conversion to 9 apartments
- Wilburn St | Block A | 21 floors, apartments | 500 apts (altogether), 21m (altogether)
- Wilburn St | Block B | 10 floors, apartments
- Wilburn St | Block C | 7 floors, apartments
- Wilburn St | Block D | 13 floors, apartments
- Hydes Brewery Hulme | Conversion to 73 luxury apartments, 2m
- Christie Hospital: Proton Beam Facility
- Maggie's Cancer Center | Christie | Norman Foster+Co. 6m
- X1 The Exchange | Salford Quays | 10fl, 140 apartments, 10m
- St Peter's Square Redevelopment + New St Peters Square station, 10m
- Trafford Golf Centre | Extension + new dinosaur themed adventure golf course
- Gateway House Redevelopment | Hotel, 182 rooms
- Greengate | 31 floors | Apartments 497 apts (altogether), 50m (altogether)
- Lower Broughton | 3500 homes, 500m
- Urban Splash, Stubb's Mill Refurbishment | 30,000sqft commercial workspace
- One Spinningfields Offices | 20 stories | 300,000sqft, 73m
- Airport City Enterprise Zone, 800m
- 1 Water Street | 28fl | 301 apartments, 30m
- Barnes Hospital | Cheadle | Restoration & New Apartments
- City Suites/16 Chapel St | 17 storey apartment block | 263 apartments, 3m
- Corn Exchange | Boutique Hotel | 114 rooms
- Bank House Refurb and Reclad | Portland Street, Neo, 52,000sqft
- XYZ Building, Spinningfields | Offices | 9 floors | 160,000sqft, 20m
- Salford New Bailey Office Block | 125,000sqft | 7 fl, 10m
- Manchester Science Park, Hulme | Redevelopment Masterplan, 60m
- TRANSPORT | Ordsall Chord | Salford | Piccadilly-Victoria Direct
- Embankment 101 Office Block | 11 floors | 180,000sqft, 56m
- New Bailey, Stanley St | Apartment Block | 11 floors, 90 apartments, 16m
- Motel One Cross Street | Commercial Buildings | 8 floors, 17m
- Circle Square | Phase 1 Student Accom, 12, 14 & 18 floors
- Redevelopment of Pendleton | Tower Blocks, new homes, etc
- Union St New Islington | 302 apartments | 8, 9 & 10 stories
- X1 Eastbank (Phase 1) | 310 apartments | New Islington, 10m
- Adelphi Wharf | Fortis Developments | 206 apartments (Phase 1) (76m, all phases)
- SEMMMS Manchester Airport Link Road
- Number 2 St Peter's Square | 12 floors | 161,000sqft Offices, 80m
- New Roof, Barton Square Trafford Centre
- TRANSPORT | Electrification between Manchester and Preston

Green Projects | Site Clearance Ongoing, Construction

Starting Soon
- MBS Redevelopment | New 20fl Crowne Plaza Hotel | West Booth St
- Deansgate Station Refurbishment, 10m
- Manchester Engineering Campus Development | 300m
- Gazprom Energy | 7 floors | 187,000sqft | No. 6 1st St
- George Leigh/Loom St Ancoats | 3 storey terraces | 20x4bed apartments
- Refurbishment of Royal Exchange | 7,038sqft offices
- Bridgewater Point | Everard St | 207 apartments | 5+8 floors, 25m

- Westminster House Portland St | External refurbishment

- Chapel Wharf | 995 apartments | 23/18/17/15 floors
- Clippers Quay Phase 1 | 2x8 floors | 208 apartments,
- Opposite the Apollo | 6 floors, 39 apartments (counted as city zone)
- Tariff St, Ian Simpson Architects | Piccadilly Basin | 91 apartments, 11 floors
- Angel Gardens | 33 storey resi tower | 458 apartments
- Cow Hollow Hotel | Newton St | Northern Quarter
- Bridgewater Gate | Woden St, Ordsall | 53 apartments, 8 floors, 25m
- X1 MediaCity Phase 2 apartments | 275 apartments, 50m
- Plot A6 Salford Central | 16 stories, 135 apartments, Stanley St
- Redevelopment of UoM Precinct and Public Realm
- Plots H3 & H6 Airport City | Offices & Hotel
- Three-Star Hilton Garden Inn | Airport City | 8 floors
- 27 Cross Street | Conversion to 27 apartments
- 16-18 King St | 5 apartments
- Montana House, Princess Street | Addition of two floors | 3 apts
- Bupa Headquarters | Harbour City, Salford | 145,000sqft | 6 floors
- 2 Harter St, Conversion to 22 apartments | Off Princess St
- River Street Tower | 42 floors | 430 apartments

Blue Projects | Planning Application Approved

- X1 Eastbank The Plaza (Phase 2) | Great Ancoats St | 201 apartments
- Trinity | Blackfriars St | 17 + 13 floors, 380 apartments
- Ancoats Dispensary Building Regeneration
- Palace Hotel Refurbishment | Oxford St
- Albert Vaults site, Salford | 8 floors | 24 apartments
- 76-78 Great Ancoats Street | 14 floors | 134 apartments | 6,000sqft offices
- North Parade, St Mary's Parsonage | Conversion to 71 apartments
- Former Stock Exchange | 4 Norfolk St | Conversion to 35-bedroom hotel
- Bloom St Apart Hotel Salford | 5 floors
- Norton Court | Greengate, Salford | 34 & 14 floors | 310 apartments, 50m
- Green Quarter | 15 floors | 146 apartments
- Hilton Garden Inn | Emirates Stadium, Trafford | 150 beds
- Middlewood Locks Phase 1 | 571 apartments, plots F, I and J
- 52-60 Chapel St, Salford | Conversion to 10 apartments
- Coupland St/Burlington St Hulme | 4-9 floors | 277 apartments | Hodder+P
- Manchester University Owens Park Campus | 3000+ rooms student accom, ~6fl masterplan
- (New) Lincoln House | 12 floors, 113,500sqft office space
- Custom House Furness Quay | Conversion to 60 apartments
- 3 Angel Square | 12 floors | 250,000sqft
- 2 Angel Square Offices | 10 Floors | 200,000sqft
- 10-12 Whitworth St | 35 floors | 5 Plus Architects, 327 apartments | 117m
- EasyHotel, Bradley House | Dale St/Newton St, 116 bedrooms
- 11 York St | 8 storey office building | 86,000sqft
- Potato Wharf Phases 3 & 4 | 2x11 floors | 191 apartments
- Islington Wharf Phase 3 | 3, 5 & 10 floors, 101 apartments
- Redevelopment of Granada Building | Grande Hotel and rooftop restaurant
- Bonded Warehouse | Redevelopment into offices, retail and market
- 47 Houldsworth | Great Ancoats St, 13 floors, 119 apartments
- St John's Quarter Phase 1 | Allied London | Village | 57 apartments

- Cutting Room Sq/Hood St, Manchester Life | 30 apartments | 9 floors

- 211 Trafford Road | 14 floors | 133 apartments | Salford Quays
- Bentink St/Chester Road | deTrafford | 162 luxury apartments | 12 floors
- Bracken House, Charles Street Conversion | 113 apartments
- UP Outwood Wharf | 18, 8 and 6 floors | 246 apartments
- NEW 39 Tib St NQ | 5 floors, 3 apartments
- Downtown | Salford | 4,7,10 & 15 floors, 372 apartments (counted as Cent Salford)
- Murrays Mills | 124 apartments | new 5 storey block
- UPUP Adelphi Manor Wharf Phase 2 | 383 apartments
- UP Pomona Strand | 11 + 10 floors, 164 apartments (Trafford)
- UP One Manchester | Leaf Street, Hulme | 100 new apartments
- UP One Manchester | Royce Road, Hulme | 66 two-bedroom apartments
- Siemen's Headquarters, Didsbury. | 140,000sqft offices, 90 homes
- Nuffield Health New Private Hospital | C. Manchester Hospitals
- NEW- UP Stay Inn Hotel, Trinity/Blackfriars Salford | 11 & 7 storey expansion
- Elisabeth Mill | Reddish | 150 apartments | DeTrafford
- Astley & Bryom House | Offices | Quay Street | 14 floors, 270,000sqft
- Axis Albion Tower Apartments | 28 floors | 173 apts
- 40 Swan Street | 9 floors, 109 apartments | New Cross
- Alpha Place Knott Mill | 7 storey apart hotel | 53 rooms
- Victoria Mill, Droylsden | 131 apartments & town houses | DeTrafford

Orange Projects | Holding Planning Application

- Whitworth/Princess Corner | 287 apartments, 148 hotel rooms, Urban & Civic
- Springfield, Salford | Urban Splash | 71 homes, 100 apartments
- Gore St, Salford Central | 3 blocks, 11-21 floors | 375 apartments (11 townhouses)
- Salisbury House, Conversion to 31 apartments | Granby Row
- Oxygen Tower | 8, 14 +31 floors | 343 apartments
- Simpson St/Ludgate St, Angel Meadows | 66 apartments, 6 floors
- Royal Exchange External Redevelopment
- 4 Angel Court, Angel Gardens | 9 floors, 64 apartments
- Gresham Mill South Hall St Ordsall | 142 apartments, 7 floors
- Edinburgh Castle Pub, Ancoats | 6 floors, 21 apartments + reopened pub
- 58-60 King Street | Conversion to 7 apartments
- Jersey St Ancoats | 7+8 stories, 158 apartments
- 64-66 King Street | Conversion to 8 apartments
- Riverside House, Blackfriars Salford | 46 apartments, 7 floors
- 86-88 Market St (above Barclays) | 15 apartments
- 2 Liverpool St Salford | Former Skills Centre, 91 apartments, 6 floors, KnightKnox
- Space Project Expansion, West Gorton
- The Crescent | Black Horse Inn pub, 405 apartments, 22,17 & 6 floors, Fred Done
- Basil House, Portland St | Conversion to 37 apartments
- 76-82 Oldham St | 8 floors, 72 apartments, Northern Quarter
- Blackburn St/Silk St Salford | Former Hyde Park Pub, 4 floors, 38 apartments
- 28 Oldham St | Conversion to a 66 room hotel (above Dry Bar)
- Tameside Interchange: Metrolink/Rail/Bus | Ashton
- 56 Richmond, Village | 3 four-bedroom, 3 storey townhouses
- Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre | 60m
- Granada site | New 8 storey office building, 4,200sqft | Rooftop pool
- Store St | 13 floors, 34 apartments

- 27-29 Ellesmere St Hulme | 232 apartments, 9,12 & 8 floors

- Citygate Court Mosely St | External Refurbishment of office building
- Kratos Site, Trafford | Holiday Inn Express, 6 floors, 220 rooms
- Former Moss Tavern Pub, Droylsden | 33 apartments | 4 floors
-Element, Warwick Road | 11 floors, 90 apartments | Old Trafford
- Cornerhouse Conversion | Metropolitan University School of Theatre
- Manchester Science Park | 53,000sqft, Airport City Area
- Embankment West | 694 apartments, 32, 25 & 12 floors | Select Property/Ask
- New Islington Free School | New Islington
- MediaCityUK Plot C1/D1 | 2x20 floors, 476 apartments | AHR Architects
- Shelter, 119 Princess St | 11 floors, 64 apartments
- Deansgate South, 53 apartments, 14 floors | Ombler Iwanowski Architects
- Oxford Road station redevelopment
- X1 MediaCity Phase 3 & 4 | 26x2 floors | 550 apartments, 50m for each tower.
- Piccadilly Station | Platforms 15 & 16
- Discovery Quay, King William St | Salford Quays | 12 & 8 floors | 299 student flats
- Peel Park Redevelopment | 2.1m | Salford
- TRANSPORT | Metrolink Trafford Centre Line
- Pier 7 | TH Real Estate | 10 new buildings, 700 apartments, 8-18 floors
- Trafford Waters | 3,000 apartments | 80,000sqft office space | Primary School

Red Projects | No Planning Applications, Not Likely To

Begin Soon
- New Hotel and apartments Aytoun St | 1960s tower | Capital & Centric | Kampus
- Former Salford Crescent Police Station | Hotel, Restaurant & Apartments Conv.
- MediaCityUK Plot D4 | 28 floors, 180 apartments | Chapman Taylor Architects
- MediaCityUK Plot C6 | 25 floors, 439 apartments | Chapman Taylor Architects
- MediaCityUK Plot D3 | 30 floors, 202 apartments | Hodder+P Architects
- Museum of Science and Industry Expansion | 800m | New Exhibition Space
- TRANSPORT | Salford Central Platforms 3, 4 and 5
- Landmark | 13 floors, St Peters Square | 178,000sqft
- Hotel Indigo | 14 floors, Victoria
- 55 Portland St, Office Refurb & new build 11 storey Park Plaza hotel
- Meadows Bridge Salford Crescent | 820,000
- Halle St Peters Church 1,450sqft extension, Ancoats
- Stockport Interchange Redevelopment
- Manchester Airport | Terminal 2 expansion, Terminal 3 Revamp | Megaplan
- Owen St Tower 1 | Renaker, 62 floors, 202m
- Owen St Tower 2 | Renaker, 43 floors
- Refurbishment of Newbank & Riverbank Towers, Salford
- Mayfield Masterplan | Piccadilly | 800,000sqft offices, 1,300 homes, 350 hotel beds
- The Sir Henry Royce Insitute | 250m
- 100 Embankment | 165,000sqft office block, Ask Developments
- Trinity Fields Masterplan | 3 tower blocks, 25-50 floors | 3000 apartments
- Plot V NOMA | Apartments, 14, 12 & 10 floors | Manchester Place
- St Michaels, Bootle St | Apartments, 5* hotel, Offices, Retail, new Synagogue
- The Factory Theatre | Former Granada Site
- Owen St Tower 3 | Renaker, 48 floors (1,300 apartments in all 4 towers)
- Owen St Tower 4 | Renaker, 52 floors

- St Johns Quarter Phase 2+

- Land at Trinity Way/Greengate, Salford | 1190 apartments in 9 blocks
- Central Retail Park Redevelopment | Apartments, new retail, landscaping
- Pomona Docks Masterplan | Cornbrook Hub, 800 apartments (count as Trafford)
- 3 St Peters Square, 12 floors - Hotel
- MMU: Redevelopment of Mable Tylecote Building, All Saints
- Great Northern Redev. | 300m, 97,000sqft office building + new skyscraper
- Manchester Firehouse | Allied London Redevelopment
- Etihad Stadium Expansion Phase 2 | 61,000 seats
- New Victoria | 150,000sqft office block | 17/22 stories resi towers | 475 apartments
- Manchester Phoenix Arena | 3,000 seat-stadium/Ice Rink | City Centre
- St John's Place | 55 storey resi tower | 260 apartments
- 65m redevelopment of Manchester Arndale, Intu
- Oxford Rd Station Surrounds | 66 apartments, Hotel, 300,000sqft office
- Middlewood Locks | 2,000 apartments | 750,000sqft commercial
- Jackson's Row Masterplan

Crane Count

Salford
- One Greengate (1 crane)
- Wilburn Basin (3 cranes)
- City Suites (1 crane)
- 101 Embankment (1 crane)
Salford Quays
- Plot E2 (1 crane)
- X1 Exchange (1 crane)
Piccadilly
- Kennedy Building Ancoats (1
crane)
- Holiday Inn (2 cranes)

East
- X1 Eastbank (1 crane)
Victoria/North Central
- Bollin House (1 crane)
- Cotton Building Spinningfields (2
cranes)
- Angelgate (1 crane)
Peter's Fields/South Central
- Cambridge St (1 crane)
- 1 Water St (2 cranes)
- 2 St Peters Square (2 cranes)
- 1 Spinningfields (3 cranes)

TOTAL: 24

Statistics

The number of completed projects (on which construction has stopped, including
internal works, and the building or structure is occupied/open) has increased from
4 in November 2015 to 14 now.
- The number of projects under construction (on which construction activity has begun, in the form of diggers, of drills or of cranes etc) has decreased again by -4, from
74 to 70. This is the 4th consecutive fall in construction activity, however the falls
have been small - overall activity has decreased from 77 projects U/C in May 2015
to 70 now. Hopefully with all the new planning applications we're seeing come
online we'll see a spike in activity soon.
- The number of projects which are 'Shovel Ready' (on which construction has a
high chance of beginning by the next Update in three months time) has increased:
from 23 in November to 26 now.
- The number of projects which have been approved has raced upwards after waves
and waves of planning meetings in both Manchester & Salford. It now stands at 50,
up from 36 in November.
- Projects holding a planning application which hasn't yet been approved stands at
47, down from 60 in November. This is due to a large number of approvals.
- The number of "Red" projects (those which are masterplans or visions without a
planning application, not including framework applications) has increased from 33
to 42 now. This is mainly due to a wave of new proposals around MediaCityUK and
Owen St.
The graph below shows how U/C, planning applications and others have changed
over time. Notice how we're beginning to get "planning app inflation". Lots of planning applications are going in but the construction industry lags behind still. This
can indicate a number of things: 1) there's a lack of construction resources stopping
projects from rising out of the ground. This is a known problem in the UK at the
moment... 2) there's still a post-recession hangover of low confidence in developers
to deliver schemes....3) we may see an enormous spike in construction activity over
the next year.

See Graph on next page

It's been a very exciting 3 months yet again. However this 3 months has differentiated itself from the other quarters of this recovery/post-recession period by being what we can
define as an era of tall buildings. Skyscraper proposals defined Manchester pre-recession,
we can only hope that they get built this time round.
Renaker have now made the bold move of proposing what will be Manchester's tallest
building if built. Number 1 Owen St will reach 200.5m into the sky, the first regional UK
skyscraper to stretch above 200m (even if it is a shy peek above 200m at best!) There will
also be several 130m+ buildings surrounding it. We also found out that the Great Northern Warehouse will be redeveloped with a Will Alsop-designed skyscraper sitting alongside it.
At MediaCity, we've seen visuals of "Phase 2" which will be mainly apartment-based, incorporating over 600 new homes in total. Nearby, TH Real Estate lodged plans for up to
800 apartments at Waterfront Quay as part of their Pier 7 scheme. Recently Select Properties and Ask released plans for Embankment West; 694 apartments in buildings up to 32
stories high.
We also saw plans released for Urban & Civic's Princess/Whitworth Corner which
gained a planning application this quarter, alongside the 31-storey Oxygen Tower which
will provide 343 apartments behind Piccadilly.
It's been a bumper month for office space, with nearly 600,000sqft of office space being
approved by Manchester City Council over Lincoln House and 2 & 3 Angel Square, while
the City also approved the University's redevelopment of the Owen's Park campus.
Adelphi Wharf, phase 1 of Bruntwood's "Circle Square" project on the old BBC site off
Oxford Rd and the Ordsall Chord have all started construction this quarter, however
overall construction activity decreased yet again. There needs to be a real push to get
schemes which have planning approval starting construction as there's clearly a block in
the system at the moment, whatever it may be.

Apartments
- There are currently 1,901 apartments U/C in the City Centre
- There are currently 1,592 apartments U/C in Central Salford
- There are currently 885 apartments U/C in Salford Quays
- There are currently 146 apartments U/C in Hulme
TOTAL U/C: 4,095

- There are currently 6,127 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in the City
Centre
- There are currently 6,245 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Central
Salford
- There are currently 3,064 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Salford
Quays
- There are currently 983 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Hulme
TOTAL: 19,614
The graph on the next page shows number of apartments U/C or holding planning apps
over time.
Although the City Zone currently has the most U/C, there are more apartments holding
planning apps in Central Salford which indicates that the focus for apartment construction in the future will be here. There's been a spike in apartments holding planning applications in Salford Quays in the past few months as a result of Pier 7 at Waterfront Quay,
which will provide up to 800 apartments here. As Central Manchester and Central Salford heat up, Salford Quays too is beginning to warm, although still lags behind its
neighbours in terms of apartments U/C. This will change in the near future with X1's
enormous new scheme at MediaCityUK which will provide over 1,000 new apartments
(phase 1 is now U/C). However Salford Quays is unlikely to catch up with the city centre/Salford Central in the foreseeable future as they each have over 4,000 apartments in
planning.

Offices
- There is currently 1,085,000sqft of office space U/C in Central Salford and Central Manchester
- There is currently 60,000sqft of office space U/C at Salford Quays
- 1,260,200sqft of office space is currently holding a planning application in Central Salford and Central Manchester
- 145,000sqft of office space is currently holding a planning application in Salford Quays
TOTAL PIPELNE: 2,520,200sqft

Apartment Heat Maps

I wanted to explore which areas of the city were experiencing the highest activity in
terms of new apartments U/C and proposed and see whether this correlated with average property prices in those areas and/or increases in property prices.
The map below shows apartments U/C in each district of the city.
The North western fringe (Salford through to Victoria) is clearly seeing the highest
amount of apartments U/C at the moment. In Victoria, the numbers are totally dominated by the Angelgate scheme, which is providing 434 apartments to this area. However in
Central Salford and Greengate, construction is dominated by several megaschemes: Renaker at Two Greengate, City Suites and Renaker at Wilburn St.

The map on the next page shows all apartments - those U/C, those approved, those holding planning applications AND those not holding planning applications (IF number of
apartments is specified, with some schemes it simply states that "over 3,000 apartments
will be provided", these vague schemes are simply not counted.
As with U/C, Central Salford and Greengate are still booming into the forseeable future.
Many apartments in Central Salford will be provided by Middlewood Locks and Adelphi
Wharf as well as smaller schemes, whilst in Greengate promises of 1,190 apartments
along Trinity Way, Norton Court as well as rumours of a Renaker "One Greengate" pro-

ject (to be revealed on Thursday) mean Greengate will remain a hive for apartment activity into the future.
The difference between the U/C and pipeline maps pops up in Castlefield/Peterloo. A
low amount of construction is evident here at the moment, however into the future this
area is promised a lot of major projects including Allied London's Trinity Fields, providing 3,000 apartments in several utopian skyscrapers around the river and Trinity Way, St
John's at the old Granada site and Renaker at Owen St. This area will be home to all of
Manchester's tallest buildings and is an area to watch into the future.
Similarly Ordsall, which currently has 0 apartments U/C has 774 proposed for it. This
area, sandwiched between Salford Quays, the city centre, Central Salford, Middlewood
Locks, Cornbrook and Hulme has immense potential and, coupled with cheap property
prices, will be another area to watch in the coming years.

In order to correctly assess which areas have potential into the future it's important to
study property prices.
The map overleaf details how Spinningfields and Castlefield/Peterloo are by far the city's
most expensive property hotspots - each averaging over 1m according to Zoopla's ZED
index. Piccadilly too will soon top 200,000 average prices, meaning the "traditional" city
centre will all see prices of over 0.2 million.
Developers are currently concentrating on Central Salford and Greengate due to its
astoundingly low property prices. However, as Greengate (which had a similar price to
the rest of Salford just 2 years ago) has shown, this won't last for long.
Finally, the below map is almost an invert of the previous (average property prices) map.

This one shows property price increases in the year to Jan 30, 2016.
Central Salford and Ordsall, which have the lowest property prices of the entire city, are
the areas which are becoming more expensive the fastest - with 7.6% increases across the
M3 postcode in the previous 12 months. This is another reason that Ordsall is one to
watch - an area which has low property prices, an unbeatable location, gigantic yields
and very little proposals for apartments unlike her neighbours.

Finally, the map on the next page is almost an invert of the previous (average property
prices) map. This one shows property price increases in the year to Jan 30, 2016.
Central Salford and Ordsall, which have the lowest property prices of the entire city, are
the areas which are becoming more expensive the fastest - with 7.6% increases across the
M3 postcode in the previous 12 months. This is another reason that Ordsall is one to
watch - an area which has low property prices, an unbeatable location, gigantic yields
and very little proposals for apartments unlike her neighbours.

The average price for a property across all Central Manchester districts at the end of January 2016 was 346,270.
- Excluding the enormous skewing effect that M2 (Spinningfields & Castlefield) have, this
comes to 156,728.
- The average increase in property price across all CentManc districts comes to 5.8%
- Projecting into the future this means that the average price for a property in January
2017 will be 165,818 with currently cheap districts such as Central Salford and Ordsall
catching up to the rest.

Tall Buildings
I don't think Manchester needs any introduction on tall proposals after the quarter we've
had. An astounding number of new proposals for 100m+ buildings arguably takes us up
to the total we had pre-recession. Here they all are, listed categorically in terms of height.
Firstly, here are the current tallest buildings:
1) Beetham (169m)
2) CIS (118m)
3) City Tower (107m)
4) New Wakefield St (106m)

5) Arndale Tower (90m)

6) Town Hall (87m)
7) Manchester One/Portland Tower (80m)
8) CJC (80m)
9) 3 Hardman St (75m)
Source: Wikipedia

Next, here are the tallest buildings after all the projects which are currently U/C or at
shovel ready have completed (if you want, the "Near Future" talls):
1) Beetham (169m)
2) CIS (118m)
3) City Tower (107m)
4) New Wakefield St (106m)
5) Angel Gardens (106m)
6) No. 1 Spinningfields (92m)
7) Arndale Tower (90m)
8) One Greengate (88m)

9) Town Hall (87m)

10) X1 MediaCity (86m)
11) Cambridge St (83m)
12) Water St (82m)
13) Manchester One/Portland Tower
(80m)
14) CJC (80m)
15) 3 Hardman St (75m)

Next, here are Manchester's talls after all the proposals and U/C projects have completed. 2022 perhaps? Or "Far Future"
1) Great Jackson 1 (201.5m)
2) Beetham (169m)
3) St Johns Place (165m)
4) Great Jackson 2 (158m)
5) Trinity Fields 1 (152m)
6) Great Jackson 3 (141m)
7) St Johns Tower 2 (132m)
8) River St Tower (125m)
9) Great Jackson 4 (122m)
10) CIS (118m)
11) 10-12 Whitworth St (117m)
12) Norton Court (110.3m)
13) St Johns Tower 3 (109m)
14) City Tower (107m)
15) New Wakefield St (106m)
16) Angel Gardens (106m)
29) St Johns Tower 4 (83m)

17) Oxygen Tower (103m)

18) Trinity Fields 2 (100m)
19) Trinity Fields 3 (96m)
20) Axis (93m)
21) Middlewood Locks Plot I (93m)
22) No. 1 Spinningfields (92m)
23) Arndale Tower (90m)
24) One Greengate (88m)
25) Town Hall (87m)
26) X1 MediaCity (86m)
27) Cambridge St (83m)
28) Trinity Fields 4 (83m)
30) St Johns Tower 5 (83m)
31) Water St (82m)
32) Manchester One/Portland Tower
(80m)
33) CJC (80m)
34) Astley & Byrom House (77m)
35) 3 Hardman St (75m)

Manchesters Tallest Buildings 2022

If all buildings we know about in Feb 2016 get built