worsleyweb said:The first 3 sites are in ancoats. On jersey street, blossom street and George Leigh street. Where express motors used to be. For those that don't know it - the site of the old smith arms.
bluesince76 said:When HS2 is built, Ancoats will be less than a mile from a train which gets you into London in an hour. That makes it as much commuter belt for London as parts of Surrey. The potential growth in demand for property around the HS2 stations is massive and you can see why ADUG would be interested.
The investment in place like Ancoats has already started with the flats in the area. This gives an opportunity to have desirable housing from a HS2 stop all the way to the Etihad with all the growth that goes with that, including in the surrounding areas.
Whether City will benefit directly remains to be seen, but for Manchester as a whole, the benefits of being on the receiving end of a sovereign wealth fund's investment will be enormous.
dawlish dave said:worsleyweb said:The first 3 sites are in ancoats. On jersey street, blossom street and George Leigh street. Where express motors used to be. For those that don't know it - the site of the old smith arms.
This development is great news for the area. I am old enough to remember Ancoats before it was pulled down, while working from Longsight and Gorton loco sheds I attended the casualty unit at Ancoats hospital a few times.
Took the kids to see the roundhouse in the 70s before it was pulled down (civic vandalism that), also took them to see the mens hostel, this was to show them their roots before it was all swept away, their Gran and Grandad were from Ardwick and West Gorton.
To get a feel of the area before the war try to get hold of "The Streets of Ancoats" by Malcolm Lynch, its about the Irish part of the area seen through the eyes of a 9 year old boy.
Wishing the project all the best, I for one did not see this coming in 2008.
bluegirl74 said:i was at a property investment seminar last night.
as i understand it the adug funds are going into private housing which mcc will help to process through (planning, cpo etc)
city will see nothing from this but adug are setting the groundwork to be the largest private landlord in manchester.
can't knock the investment in manchester sheik mansour - once again, manchester thanks you.
Are you talking about the long-talked about Collar site around the ground, or something more directly related to housing?tolmie's hairdoo said:We will make plenty of money from this. Stand by for the City Quarter...