February 11, 2021 at 6:03 pmBy Nicholas
Not sure about the design on this one. Looks like it’s going to be a student prison with tiny rooms and tiny windows.
They expect to cram them all in and charge them twice as much as in Fallowfield. International students might fall for that trick, but anyone else – who are they fooling?
February 11, 2021 at 6:27 pmBy Aaron
I like this. It is different. Not sure what the issue is with it.
February 11, 2021 at 7:03 pmBy Elephant
It looks daft.
It just looks like a greedy developer.
February 11, 2021 at 7:06 pmBy Brian
No disputing the economic benefit, but it looks like something out of The War of the Worlds.
Manchester s planning committee defers decision on controversial 55-storey student skyscraper
The 55-storey skyscraper would house 853 student flats - but residents living nearby have threatened legal action
16:45, 23 JAN 2021
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Refusing a 17 storey building IN A CITY CENTRE for blocking views of another building of a similar height seems shady. Aren’t there plans on the opposite site of the road on the Renaissance Hotel site for buildings of height in future plans too? Will these too be refused because they block views? Can we only now have one building of height at that end of Deansgate? The Speakers House scheme would massively improve that area of Deansgate and St Ann’s Square and replace the current eyesore of a building on the site.
January 22, 2021 at 12:07 pmBy Manchester Blue
The fact that the council have refused the speakers house development yet again proves just how short sighted they are. Replacing a ghastly 1960s block with something that will revitalise this part of town should have flown through, but instead, they just want to satisfy the NIMBY population in no. 1 Deansgate.
Residents fury after Manchester Council backs controversial 55 storey student tower We could put an injunction in on day one and it wouldn t get built for years
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Controversial 55-storey skyscraper housing student flats among plans up for council consideration
It s one of several developments being discussed at Manchester Council planning committee s first meeting of 2021, with plans for the Debenhams building and the Manchester Arena bombing memorial also on the agenda
08:56, 15 JAN 2021
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