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Jonesy55 · #24 Posted **May 6, 2016, 6:01 PM**

May developments update.

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Originally Posted by VDB

May already?? With a lot on our plate, here's the Development Update

Manchester - May 2016 Development Update

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Crane Count

Salford
- Wilburn Basin (2 cranes)
- City Suites (1 crane)
- 101 Embankment (1 crane)
- New Bailey, Stanley St (1 crane)
- Adelphi Wharf (1 crane)

Salford Quays
- X1 MediaCity (1 crane)

Piccadilly
- Kennedy Building Ancoats (1 crane)

East
- X1 Eastbank (1 crane)
- Union St New Islington (2 cranes)

Victoria/North Central
- Cotton Building Spinningfields (2 cranes)
- Motel One (1 crane)

Peter's Fields/South Central
- 1 Water St (2 cranes)
- 2 St Peter’s Square (2 cranes)
- 1 Spinningfields (3 cranes)
- 8 First St (2 cranes)

Universities
Crowne Plaza (1 crane)
Circle Square Phase 1 (2 cranes)

Total: 26 cranes (April 30th 2016)

Some sharp increases in cranes recently, hoping to hit 30 by Summer. The next cranes will come from:-

- Axis
- X1 Eastbank Plaza
- X1 The Gateway
- X1 MediaCityUK Tower 2
- 47 Houldsworth St

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Stats

As you know I do these every 3 months.

Here are the links to a few other Development Updates I've done over the past year or so:

February 2016: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=7049

November 2015: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpo...postcount=6503

August 2015: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...#post126006955

May 2015: Click

February 2015: Click

November 2014: Click

August 2014: Click

May 2014: Click

February 2014: Click

November 2013: Click

August 2013: Click

June 2013: Click

March 2013: Click

January 2013: Click

The number of completed projects (on which construction has stopped, including internal works, and the building or structure is occupied/open) has decreased from 14 in February 2016 to 6 now.

- The number of projects under construction (on which construction activity has begun, in the form of diggers, of drills or of cranes etc) has increased from 70 to 77.

- The number of projects which are 'Shovel Ready' (on which construction has a high chance of beginning by the next Update in three months time) has remained the same at 26, this is despite 7 projects moving up into the "Under Construction" category - indicating that the pipeline flow is healthy (you really do ideally want the Shovel Ready category to remain the same because it means that while some projects move up the list into construction, some move into being shovel ready which means that number U/C stays constant.

- After a long period of dramatic increases, the number of projects Approved has finally only increased by +1 this term. 9 projects have moved UP the list into the Shovel Ready category - so again this is more evidence that the pipeline is nice and healthy. The last year or so has been quite worrying as we've had a tonne of projects move into the Approved category with not many advancing from being Approved to being U/C or at least site clearance/shovel ready. This indicated a block in the pipeline and an unwillingness from developers to actually build what they had approval for. Luckily, this blockage appears to have been cleared and we've got a pretty steady flow into Construction going now

- Projects holding a planning application which hasn't yet been approved stands at 56, up from 47 in November. This is the biggest increase, and comes from large-scale schemes like Owen St and Circle Square (where each block/tower is counted separately) gaining planning applications.

- The number of "Red" projects (those which are masterplans or visions without a planning application, not including framework applications) has increased from 42 to 45 now. There have been two new large-scale masterplan schemes announced this term: the first at UX Manchester in Strangeways and the second at Deansgate Central Sky Park. Of course, without planning applications, it's going to be years before these schemes start construction however it's good to know we have projects being planned into the long-term which can start once our short-to-medium term projects have completed.

So here's the graph. That "planning app bubble" I spoke about in February is still happening.... there are a lot of planning apps but not as much construction. This could be a good thing in indicating a healthy pipeline but it is almost double the amount Under Construction.... we really need to start getting some of these moved up into construction. The number of "UP" projects remains high at 62, meaning there is a lot of upward movement (i.e. projects gaining approval and projects starting construction) but maybe not as quick as we'd like. This could be down to a variety of reasons - for instance I've heard rumours that Manchester City Council are currently over-ridden with planning applications so they're palming some applications off to Salford City to deal with. They even told Renaker to hold off submitting an application a few months ago because they were swamped. There's also rumours of a Greater Manchester concrete shortage but I don't know how true they are.

Number of NEW projects has remained constant. Between November 2015 and February 2016 there were 30 new projects announced, that remains the same between February 2016 and now. There are 62 projects U/C.

This hasn't been a record-breaking 3 months but I don't think anybody can deny that it has felt like one. Renaker hasn't hung about in submitting a planning application for their Owen St towers, which should actually be Under Construction by the time I do the next update in early August 2016.

X1 have started construction on Phase 2 of their scheme in New Islington; while at First St Number 8 has also begun construction and will become the headquarters for Gazprom Energy upon completion. X1 has already started construction on phase 1 of their MediaCity scheme, but now Phase 2 (also a 26-storey tower) has started construction as well.... also in Salford Quays, Amstone have begun building Phase 1 of their Clipper's Quay scheme and Ordsall's regeneration has started in earnest with 207 apartments at Bridgewater Point having started construction as well.

In what has been a blow to the number of apartments U/C in the City Zone, the Angelgate scheme behind Victoria station has actually moved down out of the construction section: this is due to a squabble between the developer and the contractor, but should be resolved soon meaning construction can restart. Other schemes starting construction soon include the Axis Tower; X1 The Gateway at Salford Quays; 47 Houldsworth St and Manchester Life's two schemes at Leaf St and Royce Rd in Hulme. Also phase two at Stanley St and the Angel Gardens Tower are all anticipated to start construction before August.

Approved projects this quarter include the Airport redevelopment megaplan: involving the demolition of Terminal 1 and the total rebuilding of Terminal 2 to offer capacity for 50 million passengers at Manchester Airport. Oxygen Tower (31 floors, 343 apartments); The Crescent (24 floors, 405 apartments); and Gore St (21 floors, 375 apartments) have all gained approval alongside numerous smaller projects such as 142 apartments at Gresham Mill in Ordsall; 86 apartments at DeTrafford's City Gardens scheme in Hulme and the Salford University School of Engineering.

We now have planning applications for the Exchange Court Tower (44 floors, 350 apartments); Owen St towers 1, 2, 3 & 4 (62, 43, 48 & 52 floors, 1,300 apartments); Affinity Tower (33 floors, 318 apartments), the entire Circle Square masterplan (390,000sqft of office space, 677 apartments and 1028 MSCP spaces); and Exchange Quay (23, 15 floors, 45 bedroom hotel, 132 apartments and 14,000sqft of office space) - as well as numerous other smaller applications totalling about 70,000sqft of office space; about 1000 apartments and 300 hotel rooms.

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Apartments

- There are currently 1,314 apartments under construction in the City Zone
- There are currently 1,799 apartments under construction in Central Salford
- There are currently 1,145 apartments under construction in Salford Quays
- There are currently 146 apartments under construction in Hulme
- There are currently 26 apartments under construction in Trafford
TOTAL = 4,430 apartments

- There are currently 8,183 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in the City Centre
- There are currently 8,021 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Central Salford
- There are currently 3,196 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Salford Quays
- There are currently 1,096 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Hulme
- There are currently 3,284 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Trafford
TOTAL: 23,523 apartments

- Worth noting that the number of City Zone apartments Under Construction has decreased due to 434 apartments at Angelgate stopping construction temporarily.
- Staggering increases in the number of pipeline apartments in both the City Zone and Central Salford: up from 6,127 apartments and 6,245 apartments respectively in February to 8,153 apartments and 8,021 apartments respectively now.
- Salford Quays now has over 1,000 apartments U/C for the first time since the previous boom. There were 0 apartments U/C in SQ in June 2013.
- We are now counting Trafford as a separate district due to numerous schemes such as Element on Warwick Rd and Peel's megaplan at Trafford Waters.

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Offices

- There is currently 1,272,000sqft of office space U/C in Central Salford and Central Manchester
- There is currently 60,000sqft of office space U/C at Salford Quays

- 1,700,200sqft of office space is currently holding a planning application in Central Salford and Central Manchester
- 159,000sqft of office space is currently holding a planning application in Salford Quays

TOTAL PIPELINE: 3,191,200sqft.

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Tall buildings (over 75m)

In the 1990s, there were just 2 buildings over 100m in Manchester, and 5 buildings over 75m...

1990s
1) CIS (118m)
2) City Tower (107m)
3) Arndale Tower (90m)
4) Town Hall (87m)
5) Manchester One/Portland Tower (80m)

Now, there are 4 buildings over 100m and 13 buildings over 75m...

Current
1) Beetham (169m)
2) CIS (118m)
3) City Tower (107m)
4) New Wakefield St (106m)
5) No. 1 Spinningfields (92m)
6) Arndale Tower (90m)
7) Two Greengate (88m)
8) Town Hall (87m)
9) Cambridge St (83m)
10) Manchester One/Portland Tower (80m)
11) CJC (80m)
12) 3 Hardman St (75m)

In the next 2-3 years, there will be 1 building over 200m, 9 buildings over 100m and 18 buildings over 75m....

Near Future (when UC and Shovel Ready projects are complete)
1) Owen St 1 (200.5m)
2) Beetham (169m)
3) Exchange Court (130m)
4) Owen St 4 (122m)
5) CIS (118m)
6) Circle Square (115m)
7) City Tower (107m)
8) New Wakefield St (106m)
9) Angel Gardens (106m)
10) Axis (93m)
11) Arndale Tower (90m)
12) Two Greengate (88m)
13) Town Hall (87m)
14) X1 MediaCity (86m)
15) Water St (82m)
16) Manchester One/Portland Tower (80m)
17) CJC (80m)
18) 3 Hardman St (75m)

and in the next 6 years, there will be 1 building over 200m, 22 buildings over 100m and 40 buildings over 75m...

Far future
1) Owen St 1 (200.5m)
2) Beetham (169m)
3) St John’s Place (165m)
4) Owen St 2 (158m)
5) Trinity Fields 1 (152m)
6) Owen St 3 (141m)
7) St John’s Tower 2 (132m)
8) Exchange Court (130m)
9) River St Tower (125m)
10) Owen St 4 (122m)
11) CIS (118m)
12) 10-12 Whitworth St (117m)
13) Circle Square (115m)
14) Affinity Tower 1 (110.35m)
15) Norton Court (110.3m)
16) St John’s Tower 3 (109m)
17) City Tower (107m)
18) Embankment West Tower 1 (107m)
19) New Wakefield St (106m)
20) Angel Gardens (106m)
21) Oxygen Tower (103m)
22) Trinity Fields 2 (100m)
23) Trinity Fields 3 (96m)
24) Axis (93m)
25) Middlewood Locks Plot I (93m)
26) No. 1 Spinningfields (92m)
27) Arndale Tower (90m)
28) Two Greengate (88m)
29) Town Hall (87m)
30) X1 MediaCity (86m)
31) Cambridge St (83m)
32) Trinity Fields 4 (83m)
33) St John’s Tower 4 (83m)
34) St John’s Tower 5 (83m)
35) Embankment West Tower 2 (83m)
36) Water St (82m)
37) Manchester One/Portland Tower (80m)
38) CJC (80m)
39) Astley & Byrom House (77m)
40) 3 Hardman St (75m)

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Development Map

Now, because that's a heck of a lot of information, why don't we look at something which quantifies it in a form we can all agree with? Maps

Here's my Manchester Development Map, which is now a "Featured" Map on Google, and has had over 11,000 views after being featured in Place North West a few months ago.

A student at Manchester University also asked me if he could use it, alongside a few quotes from myself, in his dissertation - which he handed in the other day. Good luck to him!

I've since updated the Development Update so now a lot of the clickables also include pictures of the developments proposed. My plan for this map is to make Manchester's development and planning process more accessible not only for us on here, but also for the general public. A lot of the comments I've had back from the map have said how easy it is to finally find out "what's being built next door". I think more people should be engaged in Manchester's development so this is one way of achieving that.

Here's the map: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iK...hs&usp=sharing

Green = Under Construction
Blue = Approved
Orange = Holding planning application
Red = No planning application yet

Happy clicking!

Low res versions of the map, showing how the city centre will expand in the next few years. I have decided to base my dissertation around the map and explore whether or not the city centre's peripheral development sites will create cohesive urban districts expanding the city core OR whether they'll just become quiet urban districts always on the periphery. I'll keep you all posted.

That concludes the Development Update - see y'all again in August!