Salboy Group has launched a public consultation on revised plans for the second phase of its Viadux scheme in central Manchester.
Under the proposed plan, Salboy will deliver 780 apartments in a 76-storey building and around 130 affordable homes in a 23-storey building.
It also intends to offer commercial and public realm space at the base of the towers, but it has ditched plans to deliver 2,400 sq ft of Grade A office space at the SimpsonHaugh-designed scheme.
Construction of phase one, which comprises a 40-storey tower of 364 apartments, began in 2020 with practical completion on course for Q2 2024.
Simon Ismail, co-founder and managing director of Salboy, said: “City centres throughout the UK are facing the same falling demand for office space, but in Manchester that decline is being hugely outweighed by the ever-growing demand for high quality homes. When you are developing schemes like Viadux that will take years to come to fruition, being tenacious and adaptable is critical for success.
“We are excited to reveal new plans that will complete the Viadux masterplan and deliver a neighbourhood of high quality, design-led homes that meet Manchester’s substantial need for accommodation at a range of price points and tenure types. Viadux phase two will deliver on that demand, while at the same time bringing to the Manchester cityscape a crowning feature that offers panoramic views of a city rich in heritage and sympathetic regeneration.”
Proposals for the enlarged residential scheme are out for consultation until 22 December 2023. Further to feedback, submission of a planning application is expected in early 2024.
