Construction Maison

Property developer iQ has released plans to create a halls of residence for graduates in Manchester city centre . Three blocks of 'co- living accommodation ' dubbed Echo Street are earmarked for a site on Granby Row, near Piccadilly station. The development, designed by Sheppard Robson, will create 643 bedrooms, a mix of studios and shared apartments, for young professionals who are being outpriced by the current private rental market . With all inclusive rents, including bills and amenities, and only one week's deposit needed iQ claim the scheme will make city centre living affordable for graduates and young professionals. According to Zoopla the average cost to rent a one bed flat in Manchester city centre is £850. This climbs to £1,130 for a second bedroom. However, the developers were unable to give a figure for Echo Street on how it will compare to current rental prices . Read More Echo Street will also include 242 bedrooms of student accommodation on the si...

Crusader Mill Rogue Studios is relocating from Crusader Mill to Varna Street, with co- director Martin Nash hailing its new Manchester home as "fantastic and the perfect space to enable our artists to carry on doing what they do best". Home to nearly 100 artists from all over the UK and beyond, Rogue's artists will this month move from their existing building near Piccadilly station to an old school in east Manchester. Rogue has been based at the listed Crusader Mill since 2000, occupying three floors of the building that up to that point had been entirely occupied by knitting factories. Developer Capital & Centric acquired Crusader Mill in 2015, with the aim of eventually restoring the listed structures and converting it into apartments for local residents, there was widespread concern about what this might mean for Rogue's future. When it became clear that the studios needed to relocate, Capital & Centric worked closely with Rogue to keep the artists t...

Plans for more than 750 flats - including a 40-storey skyscraper - in a huge new redevelopment around Angel Meadows will go before councillors today (Thursday). The proposals, intended to kick off more than 10,000 new homes stretching out towards Collyhurst, have been met with opposition from more than 50 residents and the local parks group amid fears it will cast the historic space into shade. Read More Plans by developers Far East Consortium (FEC) would see four separate blocks of apartments built around the fringes of the park, the tallest 40-storey tower at its corner with Gould Street. As part of the proposals FEC has offered to pay for improvements to the park, but Friends of Angel Meadow have formally objected to the proposal. Read More It says the plans would ‘cast the park in shadow’, not provide enough parking and will be higher than previously outlined by the council’s planning strategy for the area. FEC have also offered to pay £100,000 to help refurbish the historic...