MANCHESTER Love the place you live 04 — 11 THE LOCAL AREA 12 — 19 THE CITY 20 — 21 THE REGENERATION 22 — 23 THE CONNECTIONS 24 — 27 THE DEVELOPMENT 28 — 29 THE SPECIFICATION 30 — 51 THE PLANS AN EXCITING NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE HEART OF MANCHESTER 4 5 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE LOCAL AREA THIS IS Spinningfields 15min walk MANCHESTER Elegant Spinningfields is the city’s financial centre and a popular destination for entertainment and WE DO THINGS shopping. Office workers pour into cocktail bars and chain restaurants DIFFERENTLY HERE in the evening, while locals seeking culture head to the imposing Manchester Opera House for musicals Tony Wilson, Factory Records / Haçienda and concerts. Middlewood Plaza is located in the heart of the £1 billion Middlewood Locks regeneration zone and set to offer extensive leisure facilities and amenities including a gym, hotel, bars, restaurants, nursery and medical centre. This unique development has been designed to suit the Middlewood Locks, which provides pedestrian access between Salford and Manchester city centre is in the prime location to provide residents needs of urban professionals with easy access to all that Salford and Manchester have to offer, working in both Salford and from their employment opportunities to their leisure facilities. Manchester city centre Deansgate 15min walk The Deansgate area offers some of the trendiest bars in Manchester city centre. Located at the top end of Deansgate, the Chinatown mile long road that runs through the city 25min walk centre, it’s surrounded by the designer department stores and popular shopping Manchester’s Chinatown is the streets and is a stone’s throw from the second largest in the UK and the Manchester Arena and Royal Exchange third largest in Europe so you’re Theatre. guaranteed a wide choice of quality restaurants, bakeries and shops. As a result, it’s popular with trendsetters, The annual Chinese New Year concert goers and shoppers alike. festival, in February, is a highlight in the Manchester events calendar, it While there are fashionable bars others are includes stalls and dancing Dragons less formal and there’s a good selection in the famous parade. of cocktail bars, traditional pubs, wine lounges, Tiki dives and rock clubs. JW Johnsons cocktail bar, in the premises now occupied by their Botanist bar. 6 7 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE LOCAL AREA UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD SALFORD CENTRAL HARVEY NICHOLS ETIHAD STADIUM SPINNINGFIELDS CHINATOWN MIDDLEWOOD LOCKS REGENERATION ZONE DEANSGATE MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY 8 9 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE LOCAL AREA LOVE THE PLACE YOU LIVE 10 11 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD A6 NORTHERN A6 QUARTER SALFORD CENTRAL HARVEY RING ROAD NICHOLS MIDDLEWOOD LOCKS SPINNINGFIELDS REGENERATION ZONE TRINITY WAY CHINATOWN MANCHESTER PICCADILLY A57 (M) A57 (M) OXFORD ROAD DEANSGATE A6 A56 A57 (M) MANCHESTER A56 UNIVERSITY 12 13 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE CITY MediaCityUk THE ULTIMATE 24 min walk MediaCityUK is an award winning mixed- use development on the banks of Manchester PLACE TO Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester. The waterfront destination is complete with bars, cafes, restaurants; EXPERIENCE media organisations such as BBC, ITV as well as a brand new campus for The University of Salford. The Trafford Centre 13 min drive The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and leisure complex in Greater Manchester, England. In the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, the centre is within the Trafford Park industrial estate, five miles west of Manchester city centre. The Printworks 13 min drive The Printworks is an urban entertainment venue offering a cinema, clubs and eateries, located on the corner of Withy Grove and Corporation Street. 14 15 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE CITY MANCHESTER Manchester Airport INVESTMENT 324,000 CASE EMPLOYEES £16.2 BILLION OF GVA ANNUALLY Gross Value Added (GVA) is a measure of the value of goods and services produced in 2.8% an area, industry or sector. per year GVA forecast to grow 2.8% per year from 2014-24 (above North West annual average 25,780 of 2.6%) ACTIVE BUSINESSES Main centre for business, financial & professional services outside London. 123,000 EMPLOYEES £72 BILLION Nearly 1 in 10 residents BY 2024 works in manufacturing. MANCHESTER GVA FORECAST TO INCREASE TO MORE THAN £72 BILLION BY 2024 Etihad Stadium 16 17 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE CITY 63,000 employees £3.1 billion of GVA annually. Largest digital and creative cluster in the UK. “CERTAINLY MANCHESTER IS THE The John MOST WONDERFUL Rylands Library CITY OF MODERN TIMES” Benjamin Disraeli Former Prime Minister University of Manchester Facts about Manchester - UK’s 6th largest city and 2nd most - Health and social care generates populous urban area GBP4.2 billion of GVA annually in Greater Manchester - The city had an estimated population of 530,300 in 2016 - 110,000 new jobs will be created by 2024, with 36,000 more office jobs expected in - Manchester saw an active business Central Manchester over the next decade growth rate of 18.2%in 2016, compared to a national average of 6.1% - Disposable income of Manchester residents is forecast to grow by 28% over - Employee numbers rose from 335,000 in the next decade. 2014 to 375,00 in 2016 - Business, financial and professional services in Greater Manchester generate GBP16.2 billion of GVA annually 18 19 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE REGENERATION INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF MANCHESTER The local area features a host of key developments, including the University of Salford and the Crescent District. The Greengate regeneration is reviving 13 hectares, in order to reconnect Middlewood Plaza marks the start of a new era for Salford’s residential sector and those who the historic centre of Salford with Manchester’s invest in it. The development is set to capitalise on the enormous economic potential of the modern, vibrant city centre. Meanwhile, Irwell Middlewood Locks regeneration zone, as well as benefit from the host of amenities River Park is creating an international waterfront that the completed district will provide. destination that will benefit from a range of environmental and access improvements, creating As well as residential accommodation the £1 billion Middlewood Locks regeneration zone opportunities for sustainable transport, as well as is set to offer extensive leisure facilities and amenities including Salford Central a gym, hotel, bars, restaurants, nursery and medical centre. commercial and residential development. Middlewood Plaza is located in the heart of Middlewood Locks, which provides pedestrian Middlewood access between Salford and Manchester Irwell River Park, Salford city centre. Cycle access is in the process of Locks 24.5-acre site being added, furthering the area’s excellent is an attractive area that connectivity. will offer a unique living Road and rail access to Middlewood Plaza environment and is is terrific, with Liverpool Street Bus Station exceptionally well 100 metres and Salford Central Train Station connected 750 metres away from the development. The M602 motorway can be reached within two minutes. The prime location will provide residents with easy access to all that Salford and Manchester have to offer, from their employment opportunities to their leisure facilities. The Worker Bee The Bee is an important historical symbol for Manchester 20 21 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE CONNECTIONS A186 GLASGOW MANCHESTER IS BY RAIL YORK Manchester Piccadilly connects you to the North, 6 NEWCASTLE and South all within 3hrs. A18 6 WITHIN THREE HOURS A18 LEEDS HUDDERSFIELD MANCHESTER A186 OF THE MAJOR MANCHESTER AIRPORT A186 LEEDS DONCASTER TOURIST CITIES LIVERPOOL A186 WARRINGTON PETERBOROUGH A186 LONDON M60 RING ROAD TRAIN MEDIACITYUK MOTORWAY STATIONS SALFORD MANCHESTER PICCADILLY STATION DEANSGATE 12 3 24 SALFORD MINS DRIVE CLOSE IN PROXIMITY MINS WALK STATION 18 mins drive 10 mins drive 7 mins drive MANCHESTER MANCHESTER COACH STATION AIRPORT TRAVEL POINTS The main travel points are within just 4 miles of Middlewood Plaza. 51 199 MINS WALK DESTINATIONS 22 23 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE DEVELOPMENT WELCOME TO MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA 24 25 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE DEVELOPMENT The Two Roof Terraces LIVE LIFE IN A Luxury Bathroom VIBRANT LOCATION The contemporary Middlewood Middlewood Plaza will present a Plaza development has been superior quality apartment to the designed to suit the needs of urban Manchester rental market, offering professionals working in both Salford investors an exciting and unique and Manchester city centre. The development with broad appeal. mix of apartments, townhouses and The bright, spacious apartments duplexes will offer an appealing, are complemented by a superb roof family environment to those wanting terrace, with views over the city, luxurious city centre living in an to which all residents enjoy private outstanding location. access. Middlewood Plaza also benefits from secure, underground parking, With high quality kitchens and cycle bays and smart technology. bathrooms fitted as standard, PERFECTLY LOCATED AT THE GATEWAY TO MANCHESTER 26 27 MIDDLEWOOD PLAZA • THE SPECIFICATIONS DESIGN WITH COMFORT IN MIND Lifestyle Offering Quality of Apartments - Smart technology via a lifestyle - Appealing mix of apartments, application including: townhouses and duplexes apartment heating control, communal area booking, parcel notifications and - A high quality, sustainable and Control all aspects concierge service energy efficient design of your home, from heating to deliveries, - A vibrant, integrated community in - Secure underground parking through