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A proposed lease through the University of Manchester has been approved for thousands of new student housing complexes as part of plans to redevelop its Fallowfield campus, along with plans for a much more separate mixed-use plan through McLaren Property and life sciences specialist Kadans.
The university’s £400 million plans to rebuild its Fallowfield campus will include the demolition of the 20-storey Owens Park tower, along with 1960s corridors, and the structure of new amenities designed by Sheppard Robson.
The proposals are for a mixture of towers to be built, with the tallest at 15-storeys, which would be located centrally. Buildings along the western and southern edges of the site would be lower. In all, more than 3,000 new student beds will be built under the plans.
The team also includes planning experts Turley, engineering firm Buro Happold, and architecture and urban design firm Landscape Projects.
Meanwhile, plans by Property Alliance Group (PAG), Moda, McLaren Property Group and Dutch life sciences specialist Kadans at Upper Brook Street elsewhere in the city have been given the green light.
They include a six to nine storey science building and a nine to 23-storey student accommodation block featuring more than 700 student beds.
Firms involved in the progress include Sheppard Robson, Re-form Landscape Architecture and planning representative Avison Young.
Also at the Upper Brook Street site, PAG and Moda had requested planning permission to build 328,000 sq ft of life sciences accommodation and three PBSA towers, 12, 14, and 29 storeys tall, which will provide a further 983 student beds. Planning was also granted for this scheme as well.
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