Piccadilly Central
The 2018 Manchester Piccadilly SRF estimates that Piccadilly Central could deliver around 270,000 sqm (2.9m sq ft) of commercial space and nearly 5,000 homes, but this scale of development is only achievable with an underground Northern Powerhouse Rail station.
Portugal Street East
This residential-led neighbourhood will deliver around 1,100 homes, a 275-bed hotel, a new public park, and improved pedestrian and cycle connectivity; the hotel and over 500 homes are already complete, with a further 500 under construction.
Mayfield
Mayfield is a 24-acre regeneration site south of Piccadilly Station that will create a mixed-use district centred around a new public park and improved connections to Ardwick, Ancoats and New Islington. The scheme has the potential to deliver up to 1.6 million sq ft of office space, 1,500 homes, 300,000 sq ft of retail and leisure, and 13,000 jobs.
The first 240,000 sq ft office building is now on site and expected to support around 2,000 workers, boosting the economy by over £100m per year, while the first phase of homes could generate up to £9.9m annually in additional local spending. Mayfield Park opened in 2022, and planning permission is in place for nearly 900 homes, with future development strengthened by improved connectivity and the delivery of an underground station at Piccadilly.
Sister
Sister sits at a key gateway between Piccadilly Station and the Oxford Road Corridor and will develop as a major innovation district linked to the University of Manchester and Manchester NHS Foundation Trust. The scheme could deliver over £1.7bn of investment, more than 2m sq ft of innovation and commercial space, over 10,000 jobs, and over 1,500 homes.
A £190m first phase delivers 565,000 sq ft of Grade A offices across two buildings, new public space and the reuse of 10 railway arches, expected to support around 4,000 jobs (including 1,500 net additional) and generate £128–£175m GVA per year.
Manchester Digital Campus
On the former Central Retail Park site northeast of Piccadilly, Manchester Digital Campus will create a high-quality office district focused on the digital sector. The Strategic Regeneration Framework identifies potential for over 1m sq ft of floorspace and around 8,000 jobs across the full site (phases 1 and 2). The Government Property Agency’s phase 1 proposals for the Manchester Digital Campus alone are expected to deliver 900,000 sq ft of space and up to 7,000 jobs, with around half being net additional, and are forecast to generate £5.8bn in GVA over a 50-year lifecycle for Manchester’s economy.
East Village Central
East Village Central, is planned as a vibrant mixed-use neighbourhood supporting the regeneration of the eastern side of the city alongside Northern Powerhouse Rail. Across two phases the site could deliver over 2,000 homes, over 55,000 sq ft of workspace, 3,500 jobs, 500 hotel or apart-hotel bed spaces, and 6,500 sq m of retail, leisure and event space.
Piccadilly Basin
Piccadilly Basin is a mixed-use neighbourhood celebrating its historic mills and canal heritage, with improved public spaces. The development will deliver around 1,000 homes and almost 240,000 sq ft of commercial, retail and leisure space, with the first phase already complete providing 88,000 sq ft of office space and 211 apartments, largely within refurbished heritage buildings alongside enhancements to the canal basin.
Ardwick
An underground station would release currently under developed land for regeneration which a surface station and associated viaducts would prohibit. Initial analysis suggests the area could provide around 1m sq ft of developable land, supporting approximately 2.5m sq ft of residential or commercial floorspace, a scale of opportunity that would only be possible with an underground station.