Network Space Developments has submitted a planning application to redevelop a former college in Manchester to provide up to 75,175 sq ft of industrial space.
The 2.8-acre site on Welcomb Street in Openshaw contains several redundant buildings of varying ages and sizes. They were previously used as classrooms and workshops by the Manchester School of Building.
NSD is proposing to demolish the buildings to provide four multi-let industrial facilities ranging from 7,674 sq ft to 29,439 sq ft. Each facility at the scheme, designed by AEW Architects, includes ancillary office space on the first floor, external service yards, car parking and EV charging points.
Joe Burnett, development director at NSD, said the proposals were the “final piece of the jigsaw” for the wider City Works Business Park.
“The proposed development will have its own distinct identity but has been designed to complement the highly successful existing City Works Business Park, which we delivered several years ago and is still owned and managed by Network Space Investments,” he said.
“This scheme will also further bolster our pipeline of circa 700,000 sq ft of multi-let industrial schemes that are already consented across the North West and Yorkshire.”
NSD initially acquired the site in 2022 and work is expected to start in 2025, subject to planning.
Spawforths is advising NSD on planning. Cushman & Wakefield and JLL are the agents for the proposed scheme.
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