St Michael's, Manchester

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St Michael's
General information
StatusUnder construction
Location Manchester, England
AddressJackson's Row
Construction startedJanuary 2022
Design and construction
Architect(s) Hodder + Partners
DeveloperRelentless (Gary Neville)
Main contractor Bowmer + Kirkland
Domis Construction
Website
st-michaels.com

St Michael's is a mixed-use redevelopment project in Jackson's Row in Manchester city centre, England, by Gary Neville's development company. It is to include two towers containing a hotel, flats, offices, a rooftop restaurant and a public square. First proposed in 2016, it began construction in 2022.

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Development

St Michael's Manchester is a redevelopment project by Gary Neville's company Relentless on the site of the former Bootle Street police station, Manchester Reform Synagogue and Sir Ralph Abercromby pub on Jackson's Row, Manchester, planned to consist of two towers, nine and 40 storeys tall, with a 191-room hotel, 181 flats, a rooftop restaurant seating 900, 185,000 sq ft of office space, and a public park, St Michael's Square. [1] [2]

History

The development was proposed in 2016, originally by Neville in partnership with Ryan Giggs, after almost ten years of land acquisition and planning, and was to have had 21-storey and 31-storey black-clad towers designed by architecture firm Make. [3] [4] There were objections to the size and design of the towers, the loss of historic buildings, and the lack of affordable housing. [5] [6] [7] [8] After a redesign, with Make leaving the project and being replaced by Hodder + Partners, [9] [10] retention of the pub and police station façades, and expansion of the planned retail component, [8] it was approved by Manchester City Council in March 2018. [11] Giggs resigned from the venture in 2020, and the conversion of the police station into a second, 29-room hotel was replaced with office conversion in 2021 because of economic contraction in the wake of the COVID pandemic. [12]

Phase One

Construction of Phase One, the nine-storey office block with rooftop restaurant and St Michael's Square, was begun by Bowmer + Kirkland in January 2022, and is scheduled for completion in 2024. Relentless is developing this phase in partnership with the American investment company KKR. [1] [13]

Phase Two

Phase Two is to be a 40-storey building containing the hotel and apartments, developed by Relentless with Salboy Group. Domis is to begin construction in January 2023 for scheduled completion in 2026. [10] [14]

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References

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  5. ↑ "Ryan Giggs and Gary Neville's Manchester redevelopment plans criticised", BBC News, 20 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "Historic England issues objection to 'aggressive' Manchester scheme backed by Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs", Daily Telegraph , 16 February 2017.
  7. ↑ Oliver Wainwright, "'Wanton vandalism': why Neville and Giggs' Manchester towers are despised" (opinion), The Guardian , 23 February 2017.
  8. 1 2 Steve Robson, "Construction to start on Gary Neville's controversial £200m city centre hotel, flats and office project this year", Manchester Evening News , 24 January 2020.
  9. ↑ Jessica Mairs, "Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs reveal new Hodder + Partners-designed tower for Manchester", Dezeen , 23 August 2017.
  10. 1 2 Greg Pitcher, "Contractor named for Gary Neville's 40-storey Manchester tower", Construction News , 8 June 2022.
  11. ↑ Lucy Roue, "Construction of Gary Neville’s £200m St Michael's skyscraper to start in 2019", Manchester Evening News, 15 March 2018.
  12. ↑ Daisy Jackson, "Gary Neville scraps plans for five-star boutique hotel in £200m Manchester development", Manchester Evening News, 30 September 2021.
  13. ↑ Steve Robson, "New images of Gary Neville's city centre £120m office and rooftop restaurant with space for 900 visitors", Manchester Evening News, 22 December 2021, updated 23 December 2021, archived from the original on 26 January 2022.
  14. ↑ Julia Hatmaker, "Domis to build £250m St Michael's skyscraper", Place North West, 8 June 2022.

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