The Mancunian Way: Trouble in the clouds
manchestereveningnews.co.ukThe 200m South Tower at Deansgate Square is, for now at least, the pinnacle of Manchester’s ongoing skyscraper boom. But all is not well in one of the city’s most desirable addresses.
Plans are in place to build four more towers right next door - two of which will be even taller than South Tower. And residents of the UK’s tallest building outside of London are not happy about it, as Ethan Davies reports.
Developer Renaker says the new towers will offer ‘luxury living for people who appreciate detail’. They will include private garden terraces, a gym, a Peloton studio, a dog spa, Mahjong room, a virtual driving range and a podcast studio.
But their potential neighbours are not best pleased about it. South Tower residents have submitted letters of objection to the council raising concerns about an increase in traffic, crime and anti-social behaviour, loss of daylight and privacy. “It is breaching ALL THREE of the key pillars published in the Great Jackson Street Development Framework published by Deloitte (namely maximining separation distances between buildings, increasing the quantum and variety of public spaces within the Development Framework, enhancing sunlight and daylight penetration),” the letter reads.
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