Just over a month ago, something completely unremarkable happened in Manchester - a 40-storey block of flats opened. But the opening of Viadux, itself an impressive engineering achievement by constructing Y-shaped columns on top of a railway viaduct to support the skyscraper, did spark excitement.
That enthusiasm wasn’t over its swimming pool, communal areas, or terrace with city skyline views, though. It was about Viadux phase two — the next step in developers Salboy’s plans to regenerate the parcel of land between Beetham Tower and the G-Mex.
There was good reason for that. READ MORE: All the key developments planned for Greater Manchester Phase two, should it receive planning permission, will build a 76-storey skyscraper containing 780 flats — the city’s new tallest building.
But the point Salboy was keen to stress is that it will be accompanied by a 23-storey tower that’s entirely affordable housing.
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