‘Toast Rack’ comes to market
DTZ has put Manchester Metropolitan University’s ‘Toast Rack’ in Fallowfield on the market.
The grade II-listed Hollings building on Wilmslow Road was designed by city architect Leonard Cecil Howitt and opened in 1960 for courses in food, clothing, hospitality and tourism.
The campus, which consists of four buildings, covers 3.7 acres and has a gross floor area of 154,000 sq ft.
It is being sold because MMU is consolidating its operations from seven campuses to two – around Oxford Road and at the new Birley Fields site in Hulme. DTZ is handling the disposal of all the surplus sites which also include Aytoun Street in Manchester centre, Didsbury, Elizabeth Gaskell in Victoria Park, and much of the university’s site at Alsager, Cheshire.
DTZ director Chris Lloyd said: “We anticipate interest from a broad range of developers, investors and occupiers. The site has potential for conversion to residential, education and commercial uses. The Toast Rack is one of Manchester’s most recognisable buildings and we believe this will appeal to prospective purchasers looking to create a distinctive scheme with a premium value.”
No guide price was given.
