Gary Neville’s controversial £200m Manchester city centre tower proposal has been approved by the city council.
The St Michael’s Partnership submitted revised plans for the mixed-use scheme in December after a public backlash against the original designs for the project.
The new design for the 39-storey tower retains around the same commercial floorspace of the original scheme, with 147,000 sq ft of office space, 32,000 sq ft leisure space, 170 residential apartments over 19 storeys and a 200-bedroom five-star hotel over 12 storeys.
The rooftop on the scheme’s smaller office building will have 25,000 sq ft of outdoor food and drink outlets with a separate public ground floor entrance.
Architect Hodder+Partners designed the latest scheme, which is led by former footballers Neville and Ryan Giggs and has backing from Singapore-based Valencia football club owner Peter Lim’s Rowsley, Chinese state-owned Beijing Construction Engineering Group, and Manchester City Council.
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