AMBITIOUS plans for a new 'hip and creative city centre neighbourhood' between Piccaddilly Station and The Village have been approved by the City Council Executive.
We're not looking to create another Northern Quarter, Spinningfields, Shoreditch or anywhere else here
The new £150m scheme by Capital & Centric and Henry Boot Developments, titled 'Kampus', includes 500 new apartments, two new hotels, bars, restaurants, cafes and offices centred around the barricaded Little David Street - said to be 'one of the only untouched and original cobbled streets in Manchester'.
Little David Street runs between the Grade II-listed derelict Minshull Mill and Minto & Turner nineteenth-century warehouses.
The joint venture partnership acquired Manchester Metropolitan University's 250,000 sq ft Aytoun Street campus back in March 2014. The new development should comprise a total 450,000 sq ft.
CGI Little David Street
Kampus CGI with Minto & Turner warehouse (right)The MMU's former library building will be converted into offices, the '60s tower into apartments and a hotel, while the lecture hall will make way for a new public realm.
Adam Higgins of Capital & Centric said: “The philosophy at Kampus is to deliver nothing but the best in architectural design. It’s by doing this that we can create a new destination, community and an entirely new offer for city centre living and trading. Our ethos is that we don’t do ordinary.”
Adam Brady of Henry Boot said: “We're not looking to create another Northern Quarter, Spinningfields, Shoreditch or anywhere else here, Kampus will be a distinctive sub-district with its own individual vibe”.
The plans will now be put out to public consultation.
You can see the full strategic framework for Kampus here.
Kampus layout
