Manchester Tall Buildings Study November 2017 W: www.UrbInfoManc.com T: @UrbInfoManc This document is better viewed on a screen. Don’t print it unless you absolutely have to. PREFACE Who? UrbInfo is Manchester’s official fountain of knowledge for property developers and urban regeneration professionals. Go to the website. What? This is the first Manchester tall buildings study. It aims to examine and present the city’s tall buildings pipeline in an accessible and easy-to-understand format. Where? Inner Manchester; specifically Manchester city centre, Central Salford, Salford Quays and North Trafford. Why? Manchester is building more tall buildings now than ever before, and we are second only to London in Europe for number of proposed tall buildings. We need to examine how these buildings will alter our skyline, and provide guidance as to how tall buildings can transform our city for the better. Manchester Tall Buildings Study November 2017 CONTENTS 1. Context 2. The Study Area 3. History 4. Current list 5. Locations (Existing) 6. Current status 7. Land Use 8. Pipeline 9. Locations (Proposed) 10. Future skyline 11. Conclusion 12. Contact 13. List of figures Manchester Tall Buildings Study November 2017 1 1. CONTEXT What is a tall building? For the purposes of this study, a tall building is classed as a building which is 80m or taller from the ground to the roof, or is upwards of 20 storeys. Why do we need a tall buildings study in Manchester? There are now more tall buildings proposed for Manchester than for any other European city outside London. They will permanently alter our skyline in many exciting ways, and so it’s more important than ever that we survey and catalogue the impact they will have on our city. What is the aim of this report? To inform and advise those interested about the changes taking place on Manchester’s skyline in the next few years, what the city’s tall buildings are being used for, and what stage of the planning process they are at. 1. Introduction Manchester Tall Buildings Study November 2017 2 2. THE STUDY AREA This report focuses on inner Manchester, which is where the majority of Manchester’s tall buildings are located. This includes the City Centre (City Zone), Central Salford, Salford Quays, Hulme; and the northern part of the borough of Trafford. Any tall buildings (over 80m or 20 storeys) located within the map below are included in this study. Victoria Central Salford Northern Quarter Spinningfields Piccadilly Castlefield Salford Quays Cornbrook Brunswick 1. Introduction Hulme Old Trafford Figure 1: Map of the study area Manchester Tall Buildings Study November 2017 3 3. HISTORY There have been tall buildings in over 60 tall buildings in the pipeline, Manchester since 1877, when the many of which are already under city’s 87m Town Hall was construction or will be delivered constructed. The CIS tower, the UK’s before 2021. So far the 2010s have tallest building when built, was seen 9 tall buildings completed, not completed in 1962, and by the year quite beating the 2000s decade 2000 a further 6 tall buildings would which saw 11. But with three years be built across Manchester. to go, it is predicted a further 8 tall It is after the year 2000, however, buildings will be completed in the that the majority of Manchester’s city before January 2020. The tall buildings have been built. The majority of tall buildings due to city is now on the verge of a complete before 2020 are already skyscraper boom, and there are under construction. Figure 2: tall building completions over time Projected Completed 4 4. CURRENT LIST Figure 3 shows the Scheme name Floors Height (m) Area Completed Use city’s completed tall buildings in height Beetham Tower 50 169 City Zone 2006 Residential/Hotel CIS Tower 25 118 City Zone 1962 Office order. It is noticeable 17 New Wakefield Street 37 107 City Zone 2012 Student accommodation that the majority of City Tower Piccadilly Plaza 30 107 City Zone 1965 Office tall buildings Arndale Tower 21 90 City Zone 1979 Office Blue Tower 18 90 Salford Quays 2011 Office completed before Two Greengate 31 88 Central Salford 2016 Residential the year 2000 in Town Hall Albert Square N/A 87 City Zone 1877 Civic Manchester were for Cambridge Street Block A 27 83 City Zone 2016 Residential One Regent 28 82 City Zone 2017 Residential commercial use, Heart Tower 22 82 Salford Quays 2011 Residential whereas those Premier House 23 80 Central Salford 1966 Hotel Manchester One/Portland 21 80 City Zone 1962 Office completed after the Tower millennium are The Civil Justice Centre 17 80 City Zone 2007 Office Number One MediaCityUK 22 74 Salford Quays 2011 Residential/Office mainly residential or Great Northern Tower 25 72 City Zone 2007 Residential Jefferson Place, Green mixed use. This is 20 70 North Central 2007 Residential Quarter (GQ) covered in more Wilburn Wharf 21 68 Central Salford 2017 Residential Millennium Tower 21 67 Salford Quays 2008 Residential detail later. This list Britton House, GQ 21 65 North Central 2009 Residential does not include 1 Cypress Place, GQ 20 65 North Central 2009 Residential Spinningfields as that ISIS Wharf 21 64 City Zone 2008 Residential Skyline Central 20 64 City Zone 2007 Residential has not yet reached Tempus Tower 20 64 City Zone 2006 Residential full completion. Cambridge St Block B 21 63 City Zone 2016 Residential City Lofts 21 61 Salford Quays 2007 Residential 5 Exchange Quay 20 60 Salford Quays 1997 Office Figure 3: Manchester’s current tall buildings list 5 5. LOCATIONS (Existing) Manchester currently has 27 buildings Salford Quays they are clustered over 20 storeys/80m, scattered around MediaCityUK. The map below around the City Centre and Salford shows the locations of all of Quays. In the City, tall buildings are Manchester’s current tall buildings. 1 clustered either around transport Spinningfields is not shown as it nodes (such as Victoria Station) or the hasn’t technically completed traditional commercial core. While in construction. Figure 4: location of current tall buildings in Manchester Manchester Tall Buildings Study November 2017 6 5. LOCATIONS (Existing) Many of Manchester’s current and future tall buildings are located in the City Zone - Manchester’s central business district - with a smaller cluster in Salford Quays. Figures 5 and 6 compare the geographic distribution of Manchester’s tall buildings, present and future. The City Zone will still Figure 5: Completed tall building contain the majority of the city’s locations in Manchester tall buildings, with 51 in total compared to 15 now. Salford Quays will also retain its position as the second-largest cluster of tall buildings in Manchester, while Central Salford retains third place by increasing its number of tall buildings from 3 now to 13 in future. Figure 6: Completed + proposed tall building locations in Manchester Manchester Tall Buildings Study November 2017 7 5. LOCATIONS (Existing) The spread of tall buildings outside pedestrian-friendly environments the city’s Ring Road can be seen in along the city’s key routes will enable Hulme, where two tall buildings are the city to grow naturally, allowing proposed. One of which (Crowne inner city areas to feel the benefits of Plaza/Staybridge Suites hotel on Booth regeneration. Cities benefit and grow St West) is now nearing completion. when the needs of pedestrians and The other is a new residential cyclists are prioritised over the needs skyscraper proposed at Arundel St by of car drivers. The walkable core of the Logik Developments, not yet in for city has to be allowed to expand if planning. There are very few tall Manchester wants to become a truly buildings proposed outside those liveable and pleasant city. Reducing areas due to the barrier effect caused motorist dominance on key routes by the city’s Ring Road, which encircles such as Great Ancoats St, Oldham the city, reducing free movement and Road, Chester Road, Regent Road and inter-neighbourhood permeance. This Trinity Way will enable the city to grow problem does not just apply to tall and start regenerating inner city buildings, but to all private-sector neighbourhoods such as New Cross, developments in Manchester. Miles Platting, Collyhurst, Ardwick and Overcoming these physical barriers by Hulme. introducing traffic calming and Manchester Tall Buildings Study November 2017 8 6. CURRENT STATUS Figure 7 shows the status of in Salford (34 floors/109m), Slate Yard Manchester’s tall buildings pipeline, Building 3, also in Salford (21 demonstrating how, despite there floors/61m) and Renaker’s 2-4 Chester being a relatively large amount of tall Road, in Castlefield (21 floors/64m). A buildings under construction already, large number of schemes have there is a sizeable pipeline, with 6 planning approval but with no ready to start construction. These movement on site yet, including Allied include Elliott Group’s The Residence London’s St John’s Place, which has Figure 7: Status of Manchester’s tall buildings pipeline 9 6. CURRENT STATUS Far East Consortium’s Meadowside scheme behind Victoria Station has recently been approved had permission for over a year, as well Phase 2, which will eventually deliver as North View, 1-5 New Wakefield St five tall buildings for residential, office, Street, Gore St and Meadowside, which studio and hotel uses; Fortis’ Derwent have recently been given planning St scheme in Ordsall, and DeTrafford’s approval. residential scheme at Great Jackson St. There are also a number of schemes There are a number of schemes either On Hold, including River St Tower and being decided by Manchester’s First St South.