A Wayne Mellor, 51, is well known for his plans to build a 60-storey, 617ft tower next to Piccadilly station through his Inacity Developments. He was sentenced at Knutsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (27 August). The case involved damage caused by Mellor to property owned by Martin Coyne, managing partner of Manchester-based law firm Ralli Solicitors. A court spokesperson said Mellor had damaged “a window casement and two vehicles belonging to Martin Coyne” on 2 March in Wilmslow, east of Knutsford. Mellor was given a 12-month community order on Thursday. The unpaid community work will be supervised by Greater Manchester Probation Service. He was also ordered to pay £320 in compensation to Coyne and £3,458.52 to Ralli, based at West Riverside in Manchester-born Mellor accumulated a residential portfolio in the 1980s and launched an estate agency business before moving into development through his company M2. With jv partner Merepark, he developed a 230-flat scheme called Quadrangle in the city. Inacity won consent for the 60-storey Mellor declined to comment. Coyne, who heads his firm’s personal injury department, and Ralli declined to comment.
A Manchester developer behind one of the city’s most ambitious tower proposals has been ordered to carry out 150 hours of community service after pleading guilty to a criminal damages charge. Wayne Mellor, 51, is well known for his plans to build a 60-storey, 617ft tower next to Piccadilly station through his Inacity Developments. He was sentenced at Knutsford Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday (27 August). The case involved damage caused by Mellor to property owned by Martin Coyne, managing partner of Manchester-based law firm Ralli Solicitors. A court spokesperson said Mellor had damaged “a window casement and two vehicles belonging to Martin Coyne” on 2 March in Wilmslow, east of Knutsford. Mellor was given a 12-month community order on Thursday. The unpaid community work will be supervised by Greater Manchester Probation Service. He was also ordered to pay £320 in compensation to Coyne and £3,458.52 to Ralli, based at West Riverside in Manchester, and £200 in costs to the Crown Prosecution Service. Mellor’s Inacity also has an office at West Riverside. Manchester-born Mellor accumulated a residential portfolio in the 1980s and launched an estate agency business before moving into development through his company M2. With jv partner Merepark, he developed a 230-flat scheme called Quadrangle in the city. Inacity won consent for the 60-storey Eastgate Tower in 2005 and, last year, sold a 95% stake in the project to Irish developer Ballymore. However, plans for a 220-bedroom hotel and 700 flats have yet to be realised. Mellor declined to comment. Coyne, who heads his firm’s personal injury department, and Ralli declined to comment. julia.cahill@rbi.co.uk
