Plans to build hundreds of homes and a new community centre on land where Manchester City's stadium once stood have been approved.
This site which was home to the football club's Hyde Road stadium in West Gorton is now set to become housing with a new building to be used by a local community group.
City played at the stadium from 1897 until they moved to Maine Road in 1923. The site in Bennett Street, which is now a freight depot, has been earmarked to be developed into housing for decades, but previous plans fell through.
The latest plans for the Olympic Freight Terminal site include a community centre and a pocket park. A community shop offering cheaper groceries is expected to use the purpose-built centre alongside another local group. READ MORE: Abandoned city centre canal office left derelict for decades set to become flats Dubbed the Gateway, the development is expected to take around four years to complete and will provide 858 construction jobs with a promise to hire as many local people as possible.
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