One of Manchester city centre’s most iconic buildings — the Great Northern Warehouse — is set for a major change. While it will still be recognizable as the Victorian behemoth that dominates Deansgate, the fabric of the sprawling, six-acre site is set to shift.
The plans include the removal of the Odeon cinema, creation of a ‘green oasis’ in the existing square, and the construction of two residential towers to house 750 apartments.
Those blocks will be roughly two-thirds the height of the neighbouring Beetham Tower, and along with the soon-to-be-completed 136m-tall Viadux tower next door , will dramatically change the skyline of this part of the city. READ MORE: Light a virtual candle in tribute to the Queen Now, following the release of the plans on Wednesday (September 7), the Manchester Evening News has taken an in-depth look at the proposals, and has more clarity over what we can expect.
It’s understood that bosses want to create a ‘truly mixed-use neighbourhood for the city centre’. Part of that, they say, is the construction of two residential towers which will be 92m and 56m tall, respectively.
Read more on manchestereveningnews.co.uk
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