Manchester City Council

Planning and regeneration Manchester Piccadilly

Manchester Piccadilly is the UK’s most significant and strategically located city centre regeneration opportunity.

The arrival of an underground Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) station, and the new fast and frequent connections brought by the NPR network, could enable Manchester Piccadilly to become one of the best connected, and therefore, most productive locations in the UK.

A gateway to innovation and growth

At a key gateway to the city centre, close to the city’s universities and innovation corridors, the growth opportunity in this location could be comparable in scale and impact to major UK and international regeneration schemes such as London’s King’s Cross, Antwerp Station and Hudson Yards, New York.

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Driving new jobs, homes and long‑term prosperity

The result could be the development of a regionally significant growth location, providing economic growth for Manchester city region, the North and the UK, and delivering high quality jobs and homes at the scale needed to drive forward the Government’s Northern Growth Strategy.

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