{"id":8696,"date":"2025-10-27T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=8696"},"modified":"2025-10-27T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T09:46:49","slug":"manchester-landmark-towers-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/manchester-landmark-towers-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester landmark towers approved"},"content":{"rendered":"

Developer Oval Real Estate has secured planning approval for its landmark Albert Bridge House skyscraper scheme in central Manchester.<\/p>\n

The revised plans replace a previously approved 2023 design with a three-building cluster featuring two octagonal residential towers rising to 49 and 37 storeys, and an 18-storey commercial block.<\/p>\n

The site, located beside the historic Albert Bridge over the River Irwell, is currently occupied by surface car parks and the outdated 18-storey office block that gave the scheme its name.<\/p>\n

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The trio of blocks are expected to cost around \u00a3350m to build with the office element expected to be just over \u00a3100m.<\/p>\n

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Architect Studio Egret West reworked the project to respond to changing economic conditions, shifting focus from offices to homes.<\/p>\n

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The updated layout delivers 800 flats double the numbe in the original plan with dual-aspect designs offering better light, ventilation and panoramic city views.<\/p>\n

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The now scaled-down office building has been designed to meet Net Zero Carbon standards, with a thermally dynamic fa\u00e7ade and smart climate systems, aligning with Manchester\u2019s 2038 carbon-neutral target.<\/p>\n

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More than 5,700 sq m of new public realm will open up new walking and cycling routes linking Parsonage Gardens to the River Irwell, centred around an \u201cUrban Arboretum\u201d with retained mature trees and new planting.<\/p>\n

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The project team for the scheme features cost consultant Gardiner & Theobald, structural\u00a0 engineer AKTII and M&E consultant, Hoare Lea.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/w3aIS98<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Developer Oval Real Estate has secured planning approval for its landmark Albert Bridge House skyscraper scheme in central Manchester. The revised plans replace a previously approved 2023 design with a three-building cluster featuring two octagonal residential towers rising to 49 and 37 storeys, and an 18-storey commercial block. The site, located beside the historic Albert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-8696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8697,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8696\/revisions\/8697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}