Peel plans new 100,000 sq ft MediaCityUK block

THE Peel Group is planning more office and hotel space at MediaCityUK in Salford Quays.

It is proposing a 100,000 sq ft 10-storey building fronting onto Broadway with 54,000 sq ft of office space and a 112-bed Premier Inn hotel.

The Manchester-based group, which has been behind the development of MediaCityUK, estimates its investment in the building will be £20m.

MediaCityUK managing director Stephen Wild said: “Technology, media and creative is a rapidly growing sector in Greater Manchester, which itself is now considered the second largest creative and digital hub in Europe.  

“MediaCityUK has been a key trigger in the explosion of creative start-ups and national relocations so it’s essential that we give these businesses the right type of space and the flexibility to grow organically.”

Nick Johnston, acquisitions manager for Premier Inn onwer Whitbread Hotels and Restaurants, said: “We are excited to be proposing a new 112-bedroom Premier Inn in MediaCityUK. MediaCityUK is a vibrant and fast-growing digital and media hub and our proposals would drive a further £7m of fresh investment into the area and create 40 new jobs, around half of which would be offered to those who are long-term unemployed.”

Once planning approval is granted Peel is hoping to start construction by December and complete by the end of 2015.

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