Three-block scheme to contain more than 1,000 student beds
Bruntwood SciTech and the University of Manchester have submitted plans for a 1,000-home student accommodation tower scheme as the latest phase of the pair’s £1.7bn Sister development.
The Hodder & Partners-designed scheme would be built on Plot H of the 18ha masterplan, replacing the site’s existing Charles Street multi-storey car park.
The scheme consists of a 38-storey tower and two smaller blocks of 10 and eight storeys, providing 720 cluster bedrooms, 321 studio bedrooms, 600sq m of commercial space and 1,500sq m of amenity space.
The tower would be by far the tallest building in its immediate neighbourhood, although several of the site’s surrounding mid-rise buildings have been earmarked for high-rise redevelopment.
Sister is a 15-year plan to transform the University of Manchester’s former North Campus into a four million sq ft commercial and innovation district with up to 1,500 homes and nine acres of public space.
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