Castlefield came when Manchester declared Castlefield to be the world's first urban heritage park in 1982 and Jim pieced together a property portfolio.
A former Roman fort called Mamucium and also known as Mancunium, the area was at the heart of Manchester's Industrial Revolution and was well-served by the waterways and The Great Northern Railway but had become desolate when Jim came to own it.He bought what is now Dukes 92, a former car garage which used to be a stable block for horses pulling boats along the Rochdale Canal which runs through the area.Dukes 92 was opened in 1991 to serve the office workers in the area.
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