Student accommodation developer Unite is understood to have lined up private builder Bowmer & Kirkland to build a 600-bedroom scheme in central Manchester.
The 1-5 New Wakefield Street tower block will rise to around 35 storeys and has been designed by Beetham Tower architects SimpsonHaugh & Partners.
Works are due to start on site early 2018.
The tower would stand adjacent to another high-rise student accommodation project: the 33-storey Liberty Living building, formerly known as Student Castle.
Unite plans the vast majority of the accommodation to be arranged in clusters of 5-10 bedrooms. There will also be a number of studio flats. Anodised aluminium is proposed as the cladding for the building.
The corners facing Oxford Road comprises of earthy red cladding to reflect the terracotta tones of existing buildings along Oxford Road.
The client project design team includes Waterman’s Notting building services ooffice and Curtins as structural consultant.
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2017/11/06/bk-set-for-next-manchester-skyscraper/
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