Spoke to the developer on Thursday night.
The Great Northern Warehouse will once again sit in splendid isolation. Everything that is currently fixed to it externally will go. The car park ramps, the building next to the car park ramps, the metal structure on the corner of Quay Street and Deansgate, etc. The lot! The mini Ampitheatre will be turned into mini reservoir that will harvest rain water which will be used across the buildings.
The 1st phase of the redevelopment is the square at the front of the warehouse. Planning Application to be submitted in September. Work to start early 2018. The current
Think the next phase is the apartments.(or Dean Street) This will include the middle of the top floor being made into a atrium garden for the residents, with a glazed roof. Access to the apartments for the residents will be through the front of the warehouse via the new Square. Once the Aprtments are finished, that access through the warehouse from the Square will be closed to the public.
The next phase will be Dean Street and the High Line. Dean Street will be modelled on Carnaby Street in London. Full of some of the best indie restaurant and bars operators. Other uses for the Dean Street are also being looked at like indie clothes, art and craft shops.
The developer is already in Talks with Nick Johnson and Jen Thompson behind
http://www.altrinchammarket.co.uk and the soon to be opened Mackie Mayor building in the NQ, as a similar concept.
http://altrincham.today/2017/08/17/t...re-next-month/
At the back of the building will be the 'High Line'.
This will be open to residents and the general public. What the High Line will include and incorporate is still being looked at and worked on by the developer.
The final phase will be the tower/s. All options on this are still being considered. Public consultations regarding what type of tower people prefer have already taken place. The developer is leaning towards a garden/green - towers/s similar to the Bosch Verticale Milan, and other green towers around the World.
Architects such as Simpson and Haugh and Will Allsop are working on the Great Northern Warehouse redevelopment.
The redevelopment of the Great Northern Warehouse is backed by a billionaire Hong Kong based property developer. The funding is in place. The redevelopment of the Great Northern Warehouse is planned to take between 5-10 years, but the developer is keen to reduce that time frame.
The developer has asked a group from SSC Manchester to come to the next public consultation to give our views and ideas on their updated proposals andplans for the Great Northern Warehouse redevelopment, including the tower/s.