MCR Property Group has received the go-ahead for the regeneration of the former Rochdale Road Gas Works which they’ll transform into 1,200 new apartments and townhouses.

The 6.6-acre site sits within the £4bn Victoria North masterplan forming part of The New Town community – with the overall vision to transform over 380-acres of city centre land and delivering 15,000 new homes over the next twenty years.

The project will see the development of nine separate buildings ranging for 8 to 24 storeys in height. Designed by AHR the scheme will be developed in four separate phases with construction beginning in the summer, and completion set for 2030.  

Sir Richard Leese, Leader of Manchester City Council – who are involved in the UKREiiF Advisory Group, said: “As one of the emerging neighbourhoods of Victoria North, New Town is aptly named. The Gasworks development will breathe life into a largely forgotten corner of the city centre fringe, bringing purpose and an energy to an area that is currently characterised by surface car parks.”