Pop-up shipping container food and drink venues planned as £26m Media City scheme scaled back
manchestereveningnews.co.ukPlans to create a £26m food and drink venue at Media City have been scaled back, it has been revealed. Peel L&P’s revised proposals would now see the firm invest £5m to build a waterside venue at the Quayside shopping centre's southern walkway.
The refreshed plans for the venture, to be located at the rear of the shopping centre facing the Manchester Ship Canal, include six pop-up units created from shipping containers; new terraces for outdoor dining; enhanced landscaping and an indoor independent food hall and community space.
Peel L&P’s scheme replaces a proposal approved in 2019 for a £26m leisure project named ‘the Watergardens’. That 35,000 sq ft project began in 2019 but was put on hold and ultimately reworked due to the pandemic. READ MORE: Man, 24, admits £10,000 vandalism of Manchester Arena bombing memorial The original project was aimed at large operators, whereas the revised plan is more geared towards independent traders.
The waterfront promenade connecting the Millennium Bridge to Quayside which featured in the Watergardens proposal is not included in the updated plan.
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