Temporary car parks for Granada site
ALLIED London is seeking permission to run two temporary car parks for a total of 250 cars at the former ITV Granada site in Manchester.
The developer acquired the 13-acre site for £26.5m in September through a joint venture with Manchester City Council called Manchester Quays Ltd (MQL).
Its agent, Deloitte Real Estate, has applied for permission to create an 80-space car park off Water Street, and 179 spaces off Quay Street. Both sites were used for car parking by ITV Granada.
On the other side of the city the former BBC base on Oxford Road has been demolished and the entire site is being used as a temporary car park. Both the BBC and ITV have moved their operations to MediaCityUK at Salford Quays.
The ITV Granada site has outline consent for 1.2m sq ft of offices, 200,000 sq ft of retail, 895 homes and a 575-space car park, but in the meantime it is being pitching as an unconventional space for events, music videos and fashion shoots.
Allied London is also rebranding the main office block as Hello House which will seek to provide workspace to media start-ups and established businesses and broadcasters.
