Dan Whelan
The developer is preparing to resubmit plans for the £3.5m Market 41 so it includes hotel rooms and events space, reconfiguring the scheme to make it fit for the post-Covid world.
“The way in which we conduct our day-to-day working lives and spend our leisure time has been reset for the foreseeable future,” said Chris McGoff, director of McGoff Group.
“[This has] forced a rethink of how Market 41 will function in a post-pandemic world and how best to future-proof the concept against unforeseeable operational risk should further restrictions or lockdowns present themselves,” he added.
Trafford Council granted McGoff Group planning consent for the 13,600 sq ft Railway Road venture in 2018 but a string of delays, including those enforced by the Covid-19 pandemic, has prevented work starting on site.