Fusion Student has lodged plans to finally develop a long-stalled Manchester city centre tower site.
The developer wants to build a 39-storey, 818-bed student scheme at 10-12 Whitworth Street West, close to Deansgate Locks.
Domis Construction is advising the client for planning, drawing up the construction and logistics plan for the job, while Gardiner & Theobald is on board as cost manager. Consultant Amber is MEP engineer with Shear Design providing structural design.
The vacant plot has already seen two major schemes fail to get off the ground.
An 18-storey hotel was approved in 2009 before fresh consent was granted in 2016 for the £125m Vision Manchester build-to-rent tower.
That 35-storey scheme, planned with 327 flats, stalled after the previous site owner entered administration.
Tri7, now part of Fusion, bought the site for £16m in 2024 and has now come back with a taller student scheme.
Corstorphine & Wright has designed the 122m bronze and copper-coloured tower.
The car-free scheme will provide studios and cluster flats alongside a rooftop gym, wellness space, café, lounges, bars and external terraces.
The site sits opposite Property Alliance Group’s Axis tower and close to Glenbrook’s planned 44-storey block and Salboy’s Viadux cluster.
Fusion Student has lodged plans to finally develop a long-stalled Manchester city centre tower site.
The developer wants to build a 39-storey, 818-bed student scheme at 10-12 Whitworth Street West, close to Deansgate Locks.
Domis Construction is advising the client for planning, drawing up the construction and logistics plan for the job, while Gardiner & Theobald is on board as cost manager. Consultant Amber is MEP engineer with Shear Design providing structural design.
The vacant plot has already seen two major schemes fail to get off the ground.
An 18-storey hotel was approved in 2009 before fresh consent was granted in 2016 for the £125m Vision Manchester build-to-rent tower.
That 35-storey scheme, planned with 327 flats, stalled after the previous site owner entered administration.
Tri7, now part of Fusion, bought the site for £16m in 2024 and has now come back with a taller student scheme.
Corstorphine & Wright has designed the 122m bronze and copper-coloured tower.
The car-free scheme will provide studios and cluster flats alongside a rooftop gym, wellness space, café, lounges, bars and external terraces.
The site sits opposite Property Alliance Group’s Axis tower and close to Glenbrook’s planned 44-storey block and Salboy’s Viadux cluster.
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