Developer Urban&Civic to hold exhibition for revised Manchester regeneration plans

Property development specialist Urban&Civic is hosting a public exhibition in September to showcase its revised plans for the regeneration of a site in the centre of Manchester.

The firm, which has an office in the city, bought the one-acre site on the corner of Whitworth Street and Princess Street and obtained planning consent for a hotel, apartments and offices spread over three buildings, in addition to a public space and a four-level underground parking facility.

While the approved project could still come to fruition, Urban&Civic has revised its original blueprint due to perceived changes in the economy and property market since consent was granted eight years ago.

The reworked plans will be on show September 11-12 at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Manchester.

Urban&Civic’s development manager, Andrew Lavin, said: “We have been working with our project team on plans for a vibrant new development that complements the area’s historic context and sensitively reconnects the site to its surrounding, including the Gay Village.

“To make the scheme commercially viable we need to work to the general massing and height of the existing planning consent and use the foundations and four-level basement car park that have already been constructed.”

He added: “We believe our revised plans for the uses at ground floor level will help reinvigorate this part of the city.”

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