St Michael's is a mixed-use redevelopment project in Jackson's Row in

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, England, by

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's development company. It is to include two towers containing a hotel, flats, offices, a rooftop restaurant and a public square. First proposed in 2016, it began construction in 2022.

Development

St Michael's Manchester is a redevelopment project by

's company Relentless on the site of the former Bootle Street police station,

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and Sir Ralph Abercromby pub on Jackson's Row,

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, planned to consist of two towers, nine and 40 storeys tall, with a 191-room hotel, 181 flats, a 900-seat rooftop restaurant, of office space, and a public park, St Michael's Square.

History

The development was proposed in 2016, originally by Neville in partnership with

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, after almost ten years of land acquisition and planning, and was to have had 21-storey and 31-storey black-clad towers designed by architecture firm

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. There were objections to the size and design of the towers, the loss of historic buildings, and the lack of affordable housing. After a redesign, with Make leaving the project and being replaced by Hodder + Partners, retention of the pub and police station façades, and expansion of the planned retail component, it was approved by

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in March 2018. Giggs resigned from the venture in 2020, and the conversion of the police station into a second, 29-room hotel was replaced with office conversion in 2021 because of economic contraction in the wake of the

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Phase One

Construction of Phase One, the nine-storey office block with rooftop restaurant and St Michael's Square, was begun by

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in January 2022, and is scheduled for completion in 2024. Relentless is developing this phase in partnership with the American investment company

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Phase Two

Phase Two is to be a 40-storey building containing the hotel and apartments, developed by Relentless with Salboy Group. Domis is to begin construction in January 2023 for scheduled completion in 2026.

References

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