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The £1.7billion plan to change the face of a Manchester city centre neighbourhood

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A Manchester city neighbourhood is set to undergo a £1.7 billion revamp — creating an ‘innovation district’ nestled by the Mancunian Way and Piccadilly Station.

ID Manchester, as it will be known, will see a wholesale regeneration of the University of Manchester's north campus. Replacing concrete hunks will be some 4 million square feet of education, retail, and residential homes.

Some 2 million of those square feet are earmarked for commercial uses, illustrative masterplans show. They will sit alongside 1,500 new homes. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link. The multi-year project, which is set to be approved for consultation by Manchester City Council next week (June 28), is expected to create more than 10,000 jobs.

That’s according to bosses at the University and Bruntwood SciTech, who are in a 50:50 joint-venture with Legal&General.

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