Developments on the Corridor

*By 2020, the Corridor will generate £4.8 billion GVA and supports a workforce of 77,000. This phenomenal growth will in part be achieved by a series of capital investments in the area predicted to be worth £2.5 billion.

You can discover more about the most recent developments on the Corridor and those that will contribute to the future of the Corridor by clicking on the links below:*

• First Street – 20 acre Ask Developments site

• Manchester’s Civic Quarter – transformation of the iconic Town Hall area

• Town Hall Complex & Central Library – including the Town Hall Extension, Central Library, Library Walk and St Peter’s Square

• St Peter’s Square – including a memorial to the 1819 Peterloo Massacre

• Manchester Central Convention Centre – a £28.5 million redevelopment ofManchester’s iconic meeting place

• One St Peter’s Square – a £50 million, 25,000m² commercial office scheme will more than double the size of the existing 1960s Elisabeth House block

• The Southern Gateway – where Wilslow Road becomes Oxford Road, the start of the Corridor

• The Former Royal Eye Hospital – a new 100,000 sq ft biomedical centre

• Whitworth Art Gallery & Park – an £8million extension

• Saint Marys Hospital – part of the CMFT’s £500million investment

• Manchester Royal Eye Hospital – part of the CMFT’s £500million investment

• Manchester Royal Infirmary – part of the CMFT’s £500million investment

• Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital – part of the CMFT’s £500million investment

• Former Denton Road Chest Clinic – a potential development site

• The Former BBC Oxford Road site – at 2.18 hectares, the largest single development area in the city

• Mayfield Development Area – the 20 acre site adjacent to Piccadilly Station

• London Road Fire Station – the iconic building opposite Piccadilly Station

• The Brunswick Housing PFI – investment in over 1,000 homes

• University of Manchester School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science – a new £30m building, located on the corner of Booth Street East and Upper Brook Street

• University of Manchester Learning Commons – the University’s iconic £30 million development

• University Place – an impressive new building at the heart of the University of Manchester campus

• Manchester Metropolitan University Birley Fields Campus – which will be the greenest campus in the UK

• Manchester Metropolitan University Business School -a new £75 million Business School and Student Hub

• Manchester Metropolitan University Faculty of Art & Design – part of a £34 million investment into newequipment and buildings

• Manchester Science Parks – masterplan to double the Corridor site

• Cornerhouse – a new purpose-built £19 million new home on the northern side of the First Street development

• The Library Theatre – a new purpose-built £19 million new home on the northern side of the First Street development