More than 800 new homes are to be built in Manchester as part of the "biggest residential investment for a generation", the city council says,
The authority is working with the owners of Manchester City Football Club to regenerate the Ancoats and New Islington areas near the stadium.
The club is already planning to increase capacity of the Etihad Stadium from 47,670 to 62,170.
The new phased development will take place over the next 10 years.
A spokesman for the Manchester Life Development Company, a joint venture between the council and Abu Dhabi United Group - said work on the first phase would begin in 2015 and includes 830 new homes.
Other recent investment in the area includes a Metrolink extension, new healthcare facilities, a primary school due to open in New Islington in September 2015 and the remodelling of Central Retail Park on Great Ancoats Street.
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, said: "The planned transformation of the eastern edge of the city centre is the single biggest residential investment Manchester has seen for a generation."