Thursday
23 November 2017
12 noon – 3pm

FULL

includes a welcome drink and two-course lunch

Mr Coopers
Midland Hotel
16 Peter Street
Manchester
M60 2DS

 

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Definitely Mayfield, Defiantly Mancunian: creating something extraordinary for Manchester

James Heather, the man helping to spearhead U+I’s £850m regeneration of Mayfield, is the guest speaker at the next property lunch hosted by TheBusinessDesk.com.

Heather, 45, is the development director for U+I, and is the man tasked with turning the 24-acre area near Manchester’s Piccadilly Station into a thriving new neighbourhood.

He will address an informal gathering of property professionals at Mr Cooper’s in the Midland Hotel, on Thursday, November 23. To book your place at the event, please click here.

Mayfield is the biggest project of its type in Manchester and represents a “hugely exciting challenge” for the former Argent partner, who was key figure in the award winning and respected mixed use Brindleyplace project in Birmingham and most recently delivery of One St Peters Square, Manchester.

U+I has recently established its new office at the Mayfield Depot courtyard, from where it will lead the transformation the site.

The local community has already had a taste of what is come when Mayfield welcomed some 4,000 people through the doors at the Manchester International Festival.

With Manchester Food and Drink Festival winning street food and beer operator Grub already allocated a position in one of seven arches, the plan is to grow the number of occupiers.

“We are already working on finding and welcoming the next group of new occupiers to Mayfield,” he said Heather.

“We want to slowly start to open it up, to allow people to see and understand what Mayfield is and what it could be.” Who has lived in Manchester for the last seven years, “We want to make sure we deliver on the existing heritage and the site and to ensure that it’s genuinely part of Manchester’s city centre and not a soulless development. We are re-introducing Mayfield to Manchester.”

The old Mayfield railway station opened in 1910, but closed in 1960. It then became a Royal Mail depot, which later closed in 1983. It was closed for more than 30 years until the summer when it re-opened for Grub and recently as the location for U+I’s new office.

“The lack of knowledge about Mayfield in the city until recently has been a surprise,” Heather went on. “We have got a wonderful opportunity to deliver something for everyone. I am determined that Mayfield will look to the future while building on the city’s history.

“Whether that’s in the materials that we use or the architecture, it needs to feel open to everyone . We don’t want it to be too sanitised or exclusive. Mayfield should feel welcoming and a comfortable location for all Mancunians to enjoy and benefit from.”

The wider Mayfield regeneration vision will potentially provide 1,300 homes, 800,000sq ft of office space, a 350-bedroom hotel, retail and leisure facilities and a new city park, creating over 7,500 office, retail, leisure and construction jobs.

There will also be green space and parkland bordering the River Medlock as part of the new city district.
U+I says the long-term proposals will seek to enhance many of the site’s historic features including developing and improving the River Medlock, which flows through the site. The intention is to maintain the historic buildings on the site and make the most of the area’s built heritage.

Public consultation is taking place in Spring 2018, and Heather said U+I’s aim is to engage with stakeholder and key groups.

 

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