Owen Street, Manchester

Owen Street

Proposed CGI of the skyscraper cluster
General information
Status Under construction
Type Residential
Location Owen Street, Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Construction started Tower 1 and 4: July 2016
Tower 2 and 3: TBD
Topped-out Tower 1: July 2018
Tower 4: January 2018
Estimated completion Tower 1 and 4: 2018[1]
Tower 2 and 3: TBD
Height
Roof Tower 1: 201 m (659 ft)
Tower 2: 158 m (518 ft)
Tower 3: 122 m (400 ft)
Tower 4: 140 m (460 ft)
Technical details
Floor count Tower 1: 64
Tower 2: 50
Tower 3: 37
Tower 4: 44
Floor area 183,000 sq metres
Design and construction
Architect SimpsonHaugh and Partners
Landscape: TPM
Developer Renaker
Structural engineer DP2
Main contractor Renaker Build
Other information
Number of rooms Residential Apartments: 1494

Owen Street is a skyscraper cluster development currently under construction on the southern edge of Manchester City Centre. The site is just south of Deansgate railway station and north of the Mancunian Way, bounded by Old Deansgate, Pond Street, Owen Street and the River Medlock. Manchester City Council adopted a framework in the early 2000s which earmarked the site as an acceptable location for high-rise buildings.

In 2016, the scheme was revived with a planning application for a cluster of four skyscrapers — the tallest being Tower 1 at 201 metres, which will surpass the 169–metre Beetham Tower as the tallest building in Manchester and become the 5th tallest building in the United Kingdom when built.[2] Construction on the tower complex officially began in July 2016 with developer Renaker beginning construction on Towers 1 and 4.[3]

History

2007 original scheme

The 2007 scheme consisted of five high-rise buildings containing nearly 1,100 residential units, 100 serviced apartments, a hotel, parking, office and retail space, and community facilities.[4] The tallest skyscraper planned was “Block D”, which would have been 49 storeys[5] — two storeys more than Manchester's tallest building, Beetham Tower — and 150 metres (492 ft) high.[6]

A planning application was submitted to Manchester City Council in 2007 and was approved early in 2008.[4][5] Permission to extend the time limit for building on the site was sought from the Council in early 2011,[7] a request which was granted in September 2011.[8]

2016 revived scheme

The revised scheme, proposed by developers Renaker Build and designed by SimpsonHaugh and Partners, was made public in January 2016 with a planning application to seek permission for the construction of four skyscrapers submitted in April.[9]

The proposed towers range from 122 to 200 metres high – Tower 1 is 64 storeys and 200.5 metres tall, Tower 2 is 50 floors and 157.9 metres tall, Tower 3 is 37 storeys and 122 metres tall and Tower 4 is 44 floors and 140.4 metres tall.[10][11]

The scheme was approved by Manchester City Council on 30 June 2016.[12]

Construction

Owen Street Towers 4 (left) and 1 (right) on 7th August 2017

Construction on the tower complex officially began in July 2016 with developer Renaker starting construction on towers 1 and 4.[3] Piling works on Tower 4 were complete by November 2016 with tower cranes erected soon after.[13]

Tower 4 site on 30th July 2017, construction reached 16th floor with first two floors already glazed.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Work starts on luxury high rise". BBC News. 28 April 2004. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  2. ↑ "Owen Street – 111719/FO/2016/C1 (April 2016)". Manchester City Council Planning Department. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  3. 1 2 Howe, Ed (August 2016). "Manchester Development Update August 2016" (PDF). Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Manchester City Council Planning Applications (Application 085107/FO/2007/C3)". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  5. 1 2 "West's 49-storey Owen Street tower approved". Place North West. 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2008-01-19.
  6. ↑ "Vivo Block D". SkyscraperNews.com. Retrieved 2008-01-18.
  7. ↑ "Manchester City Council Planning Applications (Application 095222/REP/2011/C1)". Retrieved 2011-02-03.
  8. ↑ "Extension of time limit on 085107/FO/2007/C3 for erection of 5 buildings ranging from 14 to 49 storeys incorporating 1,094 residential units". manchester.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  9. ↑ "205m Tall Building Proposed For Manchester". skyscrapernews.com. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-03.
  10. ↑ "Renaker dusts off West plans for Owen Street". Place North West. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  11. ↑ "Beetham Tower architect plans FOUR city centre skyscrapers – including Manchester's new tallest building". Manchester Evening News. 6 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-04-14.
  12. ↑ "Manchester's tallest skyscraper plan approved". BBC News. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  13. ↑ "Renaker powers ahead with skyscraper build". Place North West. 30 November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-30.

Coordinates: 53°28′23″N 2°15′11″W / 53.473°N 2.253°W / 53.473; -2.253

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