TCS submits plans for Piccadilly Basin resi scheme
PROPERTY investment and development company, Town Centre Securities has submitted plans for an 11 storey, 91-unit apartment scheme in Manchester city centre.
The proposed landmark building on Tarif Street, designed by Manchester based Ian Simpson Architects, will be entirely residential and will incorporate a mix of one, two and three bedroom apartments.
Overlooking the Rochdale Canal and marina, on the edge of Manchester’s Northern Quarter, the site is next to Jackson’s Warehouse and forms the next phase of a previously-approved masterplan for the regeneration of the Piccadilly Basin.
The developers have worked closely with English Heritage, who support the regeneration ambitions for the site, to create a design which they consider responds well to the adjoining listed buildings.
The proposed building will feature three distinct sections. The lower level, built of brick, will echo the red, orange and brown tones of the Victorian warehouses. The elevations on the middle level will be formed with aluminium or stainless steel panels, a nod to the ironwork features in and around the surrounding basin. The upper level will be completely glazed to contrast with the lower levels.
Richard Lewis, property director at Leeds-based Town Centre Securities said: “This was a key site in the original masterplan for Piccadilly Basin. Our ambition has always been to create a high quality, superior waterside development that completes the marina.
“This scheme will sit well with other high specification, design led buildings we have brought to the Basin including BDP’s offices and the stunning conversion of Carver’s Warehouse on Dale Street.”
GMI Construction Group is the development partner and Deloitte is the planning consultant for the scheme.
Piccadilly Basin has been owned by TCS since the late 1960’s as part of the Arnold Ziff’s (founder of TCS) ownership of the Rochdale Canal Company.
A masterplan was developed in 1998 and since then TCS has invested heavily in improving Piccadilly Basin.
