Manchester’s Changing Skyline

[jrb]

Anchorage Quay - 31 stories - Salford Quays.

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A year in progress at Anchorage:

These photos show the progress made on our Anchorage Gateway residential scheme over the last 12 months by Domis Construction and the project team. The images also perfectly capture the evolution of the wider Manchester skyline in the background.

The regeneration of this brownfield site in the heart of Salford Quays will create 290 residential units, consisting of 1, 2 and 3 bedroom apartments in addition to two floors of amenities and landscaped terraces with enviable views of Salford Quays and Manchester.

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[jrb]

Isn't Liverpool's lack of tall buildings due the World Heritage status - 3 Graces, Albert Docks, etc.?
Ovatus I & II just sold, which will be adjacent to those on the right of this picture.
There were claims the heritage status was holding back Liverpool's progress. As a city, there are some stunning buildings in Liverpool city centre - one of my clients owned a couple of Grade II* listed buildings, of which one was truly magnificent - India Buildings.

UNESCO stripped Liverpool of it’s World Heritage Status in July 2021.

TBH I don’t think most Scousers were too bothered.

I got the impression Liverpudlians thought the status was holding Liverpool and it’s property development ambitions back.

That property development ambition hasn’t materialised yet bar a few residential buildings going up, and the construction of Everton’s new ground.

 

[jrb]

Being full of scousers probably holds it back more ;-)

Property development companies from outside of Liverpool are reluctant to go into city. I wonder why? Residential development remains sporadic. And office development remains pretty much non existent.

 

[bluesmith]

Property development companies from outside of Liverpool are reluctant to go into city. I wonder why? Residential development remains sporadic. And office development remains pretty much non existent.

Because its like trying to work in amongst the cartels at their height and not worth the aggro....

 

[jrb]

Cracking skyline picture.

flyordiee - Instagram

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[Stockton Heath Blue]

UNESCO stripped Liverpool of it’s World Heritage Status in July 2021.

TBH I don’t think most Scousers were too bothered.

I got the impression Liverpudlians thought the status was holding Liverpool and it’s property development ambitions back.

That property development ambition hasn’t materialised yet bar a few residential buildings going up, and the construction of Everton’s new ground.

Planning Dept then??? I know they got shown their arses by the agents over the Debenhams unit in Liverpool One - They thought the leisure use proposed would turn it into a "circus" and asked why they couldn't get a retailer to take the whole premises. Completely out of touch with reality.

 

[jimharri]

Plans submitted for glitzy new 20-storey Hilton hotel in Manchester city centre

Another one.

themanc.com

Another new Hilton hotel planned, this one on Gt Ancoats St.

 

[jrb]

Breathe light into the dark winter nights this January with First Breath – a mesmerising light installation celebrating new life in Greater Manchester.

First Breath is a celebration of new life across Greater Manchester. From 1 to 29 January 2023, powerful beams of light will shoot up high above the city skyline and slowly pulse to represent the moment that a baby takes its first gasp of air.

First Breath

Breathe light into the dark winter nights with this mesmerising installation

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[jrb]

Port Street 33/11 stories - NQ

Renaker ready to start onsite

CDN/22/0865 | Discharge of conditions 4a (Materials pre-commencement), 6a (Contaminated Land) , 7 (CMP) 8 (Archaeology), 9 (Public Realm Programme) and 22a (Local Labour) attached to application ref no 132489/FO/2021 | Port Street Manchester M1 2EQ

SimpsonHaugh Architects

CDN/22/0865 | Discharge of conditions 4a (Materials pre-commencement), 6a (Contaminated Land), 7 (CMP), 8 (Archaeology part 1), 9 (Public Realm Programme) and 22a (Local Labour) attached to application ref no 132489/FO/2021 as amende

pa.manchester.gov.uk

Site sale clears path for £154m Manchester tower - Place North West

Select Property Group completed the acquisition of a car park on Port Street from Town Centre Securities for £12.95m.

www.placenorthwest.co.uk

Tim Groom Architects tower proposal for the site.

 

[Gareth Barry Conlon]

Planning Dept then??? I know they got shown their arses by the agents over the Debenhams unit in Liverpool One - They thought the leisure use proposed would turn it into a "circus" and asked why they couldn't get a retailer to take the whole premises. Completely out of touch with reality.

Liverpool City Council are pretty notorious for being shit. Sadly its the fractious nature of the Labour councillors. The decent ones fighting 2 fronts with hard left militant types on their case.

The polar opposite with the greater Manchester councils. Most Labour controlled and well run.