MANCHESTER DEVELOPMENT UPDATE MAY 2016 AN ANALYSIS OF THE PERIOD FEBRUARY 2016-MAY 2016 Ed Howe May 2016 Headline Information This hasn't been a record-breaking 3 months but it has certainly felt like one. The number of projects Under Construction has increased, and the pipeline number of projects has also continued its upward trend. Renaker hasn't hung about in submitting a planning application for their Owen St towers, which should be Under Construction by August 2016. Projects starting construction. X1 have started construction on Phase 2 of their scheme in New Islington; while at First St Number 8 has also begun construction and will become the headquarters for Gazprom Energy upon completion. X1 has already started construction on phase 1 of their MediaCity scheme, but now Phase 2 (also a 26-storey tower) has started construction as well... also in Salford Quays, Amstone have begun building Phase 1 of their Clipper's Quay scheme and Ordsall's regeneration has started in earnest with 207 apartments at Bridgewater Point having started construction as well. In what has been a blow to the number of apartments U/C in the City Zone, the Angelgate scheme behind Victoria station has actually moved down out of the construction section: this is due to a squabble between the developer and the contractor, but should be resolved soon meaning construction can restart. Other schemes starting construction soon include the Axis Tower; X1 The Gateway at Salford Quays; 47 Houldsworth St and Manchester Life's two schemes at Leaf St and Royce Rd in Hulme. Also phase two at Stanley St and the Angel Gardens Tower are all anticipated to start construction before August. Projects which have been approved. Approved projects this quarter include the Airport redevelopment megaplan: involving the demolition of Terminal 1 and the total rebuilding of Terminal 2 to offer capacity for 50 million passengers at Manchester Airport. Oxygen Tower (31 floors, 343 apartments); The Crescent (24 floors, 405 apartments); and Gore St (21 floors, 375 apartments) have all gained approval alongside numerous smaller projects such as 142 apartments at Gresham Mill in Ordsall; 86 apartments at DeTrafford's City Gardens scheme in Hulme and the Salford University School of Engineering. Projects which have filed for planning permission... We now have planning applications for the Exchange Court Tower (44 floors, 350 apartments); Owen St towers 1, 2, 3 & 4 (62, 43, 48 & 52 floors, 1,300 apartments); Affinity Tower (33 floors, 318 apartments), the entire Circle Square masterplan (390,000sqft of office space, 677 apartments and 1028 MSCP spaces); and Exchange Quay (23, 15 floors, 45 bedroom hotel, 132 apartments and 14,000sqft of office space) - as well as numerous other smaller applications totalling about 70,000sqft of office space; about 1000 apartments and 300 hotel rooms.
Projects Under Construction - Salford Salford University Gateway, New Adelphi 7 floors 55m - X1 Salford Quays Phase 3 60 apartments 6 floors - X1 Salford Quays Phase 2 2x6 floors 120 apartments, 2 - "HouSe Urban Splash, New Islington, 44 family homes 2&3fls, 10m - The Point New Islington Phase 2 30 Apartments 4 floors, 20m - 56 Dale St Piccadilly Refurbishment into 26 new apartments, 2m - South Manchester MAG World Logistics Hub, Enterprise Zone - 8-10 Southern St 2 four storey townhouses Off Deansgate - City Zone Cambridge St 15 floors apartment block - Cornerhouse Conversion Metropolitan University School of Theatre - Embankment 101 Office Block 11 floors 180,000sqft, 56m - XYZ Building, Spinningfields Offices 9 floors 160,000sqft, 20m - Cambridge St 22 floors apartment block 282 apts (altogether) - Salford Greengate 21 floors Apartments - Residenza, George Leigh St Ancoats 14 townhouses w/ gardens - Salford Dock Office Conversion to 67 apartments, 2m - Greengate 31 floors Apartments 497 apts (altogether) - City Zone Freemasons Hall Bridge Street Redevelopment, 2m - Wilburn St Block A 21 floors, apartments 500 apts (altogether) - Salford Wilburn St Block B 10 floors, apartments - Cambridge St 28 floors apartment block, 21m (altogether) - Oxford Street Cross-Town Bus Priority & New Cycle Lanes - Tomorrow, Premier Inn MediaCityUK 60,000sqft offices 11 floors - South Manchester Drama Hub at Sharp Project - Trafford White City Redevelopment - South Manchester Brunswick Redevelopment 113m - City Zone Hanover House Refurbishment Offices 91,000sqft - Overseas House 6 storey office extension 52,000sqft office - City Zone 40 Chorlton St Village 40 new serviced apartments - X1 MediaCity Phase 1 26 floors 275 apartments, 50m - 1 Ellesmere Street Hulme 3fl, The Roof Gardens 73 apts, 9.5m - Manchester Smart Motorway M60 J8 to J20 - Salford Timekeeper s Square 36 townhouses, 15m - TRANSPORT Bolton Transport Interchange Redevelopment - Salford Wilburn St Block C 7 floors, apartments - Salford Wilburn St Block D 13 floors, apartments - X1 Eastbank (Phase 1) 310 apartments New Islington, 10m - Hydes Brewery Hulme Conversion to 73 luxury apartments, 2m - South Manchester Christie Hospital: Proton Beam Facility - City Zone Cow Hollow Hotel Newton St Northern Quarter - Salford Quays X1 The Exchange 10fl, 140 apartments, 10m - St Peter's Square Redevelopment + New St Peter s Square station - City Zone Gateway House Redevelopment Hotel, 182 rooms - Bridgewater Point Everard St 207 apartments 5+8 floors, 25m - Salford Lower Broughton 3500 homes, 500m - Tamworth Neighbourhood Regeneration P1 Trafford, 26 apartments - Urban Splash, Stubb's Mill Refurbishment 22,500sqft office space - One Spinningfields Offices 20 stories 300,000sqft, 73m - South Manchester Airport City Enterprise Zone, 800m - City Zone 2 Harter St, Conversion to 22 apartments Off Princess St - City Zone 1 Water Street 28fl 301 apartments, 30m - Salford Quays Clippers Quay Phase 1 2x8 floors 208 apartments - Barnes Hospital Cheadle Restoration & New Apartments - MBS Redevelopment New 20fl Crowne Plaza Hotel West Booth St - City Suites/16 Chapel St 17 stories, 263 apartments, 3m - City Zone Corn Exchange Boutique Hotel 114 rooms - City Zone Redevelopment of UoM Precinct and Public Realm - Bank House Refurb and Reclad Portland Street, Neo, 52,000sqft - City Zone Westminster House Portland St External refurbishment - City Zone New Islington Free School New Islington - Salford New Bailey Office Block 125,000sqft 7 fl, 10m - Salford Quays X1 MediaCity Phase 2 apartments 275 apartments - Manchester Science Park, Hulme Redevelopment Masterplan, 60m - Salford TRANSPORT Ordsall Chord Piccadilly-Victoria Direct - City Zone Gazprom Energy 7 floors 187,000sqft No. 6 1st St - New Bailey, Stanley St Apartment Block 11 floors, 90 apartments, 16m - City Zone Motel One Cross Street Commercial Buildings 8 floors, 17m - City Zone Circle Square Phase 1 Student Accom, 12, 14 & 18 floors - Salford Redevelopment of Pendleton Tower Blocks, new homes, etc - City Zone Union St New Islington 302 apartments 8, 9 & 10 stories - X1 Eastbank The Plaza (Phase 2) Great Ancoats St 201 apartments - Adelphi Wharf Fortis Developments 206 apartments (Phase 1) - South Manchester SEMMMS Manchester Airport Link Road - Number 2 St Peter's Square 12 floors 161,000sqft Offices, 80m - Trafford New Roof, Barton Square Trafford Centre - TRANSPORT Electrification between Manchester and Preston Renaker have filed a planning application for Manchester s new tallest building at Owen St. Credit: Ian Simpson Architects Starting construction soon. - Salford Stanley St New Bailey Block 2 16 stories, 135 apartments - City Zone Angelgate/Tymarco Buildings 2x19 floors 434 Apartments - City Zone Angel Gardens 33 storey resi tower 458 apartments - City Zone Deansgate Station Refurbishment, 10m - City Zone Axis Albion Tower Apartments 28 floors 173 apts - East Manchester Elisabeth Mill Reddish 150 apartments DeTrafford - City Zone Manchester Engineering Campus Development 300m - Trafford Pomona Wharf 11 + 10 floors, 164 apartments - City Zone Refurbishment of Royal Exchange 7,038sqft offices - Salford Quays X1 The Gateway 14 floors 133 apartments Salford Quays - Salford Chapel Wharf 995 apartments 23/18/17/15 floors - City Zone 47 Houldsworth Great Ancoats St, 13 floors, 119 apartments - Trafford Hilton Garden Inn Emirates Stadium, Trafford 150 beds - Hulme Sky Gardens detrafford 162 luxury apartments 12 floors - City Zone Opposite the Apollo 6 floors, 39 apartments - City Zone Tariff St, Ian Simpson Architects 91 apartments, 11 floors - Hulme One Manchester Leaf Street, Hulme 100 new apartments - Salford Bridgewater Gate Woden St, Ordsall 53 apartments, 8 floors - Hulme One Manchester Royce Road, Hulme 66 two-bedroom apartments - South Manchester Plots H3 & H6 Airport City Offices & Hotel -
X1 have now started construction on two of their 26-storey towers at MediaCity in Salford. Blue Approved projects - Salford Trinity Blackfriars St 17 + 13 floors, 380 apartments - City Zone Ancoats Dispensary Building Regeneration - City Zone Palace Hotel Refurbishment Oxford St - Salford Albert Vaults site, Salford 8 floors 24 apartments - North Parade, Parsonage Conversion to 71 apartments - Stock Exchange, 4 Norfolk St Conversion to 35-bedroom hotel - Salford Bloom St Apart Hotel Salford 5 floors - The Residence Greengate, 34 & 14 floors 310 apartments - City Zone Green Quarter 15 floors 146 apartments - Gore St, Salford 3 blocks, 11-21 floors 375 apartments - Middlewood Locks Phase 1 571 apartments, plots F, I and J - 52-60 Chapel St, Salford Conversion to 10 apartments - Coupland St/Burlington St Hulme 4-9 floors 277 apartments - Manchester Uni Owen s Park Campus 3000+ rooms student - City Zone 125 Deansgate 12 floors, 113,500sqft office space - Gresham Mill South Hall St Ordsall 142 apartments, 7 floors - Custom House Conversion to 60 apartments, Salford Quays - City Zone 3 Angel Square 12 floors 250,000sqft - 27-29 Ellesmere St Hulme 232 apartments, 9,12 & 8 floors - 55 Portland St, Office Refurb & new 11 storey Park Plaza hotel - City Zone 2 Angel Square Offices 10 Floors 200,000sqft - 10-12 Whitworth St 35 floors 327 apartments 117m - EasyHotel, Bradley House Dale St/Newton St, 116 bedrooms - 2 Liverpool St Salford 91 apartments, 6 floors, KnightKnox - City Zone 11 York St 8 storey office building 86,000sqft - Salford Uni School of Engineering, Newton Building 5m - Potato Wharf Phases 3 & 4 2x11 floors 191 apartments - The Crescent 405 apartments, 24,17 & 6 floors, Fred Done - Islington Wharf Phase 3 3, 5 & 10 floors, 101 apartments - City Gardens detrafford, 86 apartments, 10 floors, Bentinck St - Redevelopment of Granada Grande Hotel and rooftop rest. - Hospital Corridor Link Bridge Grafton, Sheppard R Architects - Bonded Warehouse Redevelopment into offices & retail - City Zone Graphene Engineering Innovation Centre 60m - St John's Quarter Phase 1 Allied London Village 57 apartments - City Zone Store St 13 floors, 34 apartments - Deansgate South, 53 apartments, 14 floors Ombler Iwanowski Architects - Cutting Room Sq/Hood St, Manchester Life 30 apartments 9 floors - City Zone Bracken House, Charles Street Conversion 113 apartments - Salford Outwood Wharf 18, 8 and 6 floors 246 apartments - City Zone Oxygen Tower 8, 14 +31 floors 343 apartments - City Zone 39 Tib St NQ 5 floors, 3 apartments - Salford Downtown Salford 4,7,10 & 15 floors, 372 apartments - Wigan bus station redevelopment - City Zone Murray s Mills 124 apartments new 5 storey block - Salford Riverside House, Blackfriars Salford 45 apartments, 7 floors - East Manchester Tameside Interchange: Metrolink/Rail/Bus Ashton - Salford Adelphi Manor Wharf Phase 2 383 apartments - City Zone 76-82 Oldham St 8 floors, 72 apartments, Northern Quarter - Blackburn St/Silk St Salford Former Hyde Park Pub, 4 floors, 38 apartments - Siemen's Headquarters, Didsbury 140,000sqft offices, 90 homes - Nuffield Health New Private Hospital C. Manchester Hospitals - Salford Stay Inn Hotel, Trinity/Blackfriars Salford 11 & 7 storey expansion - Astley & Bryom House Offices Quay Street 14 floors, 270,000sqft - City Zone 40 Swan Street 9 floors, 109 apartments New Cross - Manchester Airport Terminal 2 expansion, Terminal 3 Revamp - City Zone Alpha Place Knott Mill 7 storey apart hotel 53 rooms - Victoria Mill, Droylsden 131 apartments & town houses DeTrafford Manchester Airport are spending 1bn on a mega-expansion which will see capacity increase to 50 million passengers per year.
Orange Projects holding a planning application - 74-88 Great Ancoats Street 14 floors 135 apartments 6,000sqft - Whitworth/Princess Corner 287 apartments, 148 hotel rooms, U&C - Salford Springfield, Salford Urban Splash 71 homes, 100 apartments - City Zone Salisbury House, Conversion to 31 apartments Granby Row - Simpson St/Ludgate St, Angel Meadows 66 apartments, 6 floors - City Zone Royal Exchange External Redevelopment - City Zone Angel Court, Angel Gardens 9 floors, 64 apartments - Edinburgh Castle Pub, Ancoats 6 floors, 21 apartments + reopened pub - City Zone 58-60 King Street Conversion to 7 apartments - City Zone Jersey St Ancoats 7+8 stories, 158 apartments - HoUse New Islington 21 new houses, Mansion HoUse 84 apts/2 blocks - City Zone 64-66 King Street Conversion to 8 apartments - City Zone 86-88 Market St (above Barclays) 15 apartments - Manchester Engineering Campus Hall Ext. to Oddfellows Hall - East Manchester Space Project Expansion, West Gorton - 36 Devonshire House 42 apartments + 2 storey extension, Chinatown - City Zone Basil House, Portland St Conversion to 37 apartments - Salford Exchange Court 44 floors, 130m 350 apartments, Renaker - 28 Oldham St Conversion to a 66 room hotel (above Dry Bar) - City Zone 56 Richmond, Village 3 four-bedroom, 3 storey townhouses - AC Marriott Hotel Cable/Swan St New Cross 9 floors, 172 bedrooms - City Zone Closure of Brunswick Street to create Brunswick Park - Granada site New 8 storey office building, 4,200sqft Rooftop pool - 11 Radium St 4 & 6 floors, 27 homes (20 apartments, 7 townhouses) - Citygate Court Mosely St External Refurbishment of office building - Trafford Kratos Site, Trafford Holiday Inn Express, 6 floors, 220 rooms - 2 Union St Northern Quarter 7-10 floors, 40 apartments, NC Homes - Owen St Tower 1 Renaker, 62 floors, 202m - City Zone Owen St Tower 2 Renaker, 43 floors - Former Moss Tavern Pub, Droylsden 33 apartments 4 floors - Element, Warwick Road 11 floors, 90 apartments Old Trafford - Manchester Life Bengal St 8/5 floors, 199 apartments, FCB Studios - Manchester Science Park 53,000sqft, Airport City Area - Toast Rack Redev. 210 aptmts, gym, newbuild 11fl block - Embankment West 694 apartments, 32, 25 & 12 floors Select Property - Affinity Tower 1, Riverview 33 floors, 318 apartments New Bailey - Affinity Tower 2, Riverside 16 floors, 188 apartments New Bailey - MediaCityUK Plot C1/D1 2x20 floors, 476 apartments AHR Architects - City Zone Shelter, 119 Princess St 11 floors, 64 apartments - Hampton Hilton New Cross 7/9 storey hotel, 221 bedrooms - The Silkworks Conversion into 50,000sqft office space, 18m - City Zone Oxford Road station redevelopment - Circle Square Blocks 2,3+4 Offices, 18 & 14 stories, 390,000sqft - City Zone Circle Square Blocks 7+8 266 apartments, 2x17 stories - City Zone Circle Square Tower Residential, 36 stories, 411 apartments - City Zone Circle Square MSCP 1028 spaces, 10 floors - X1 MediaCity Phase 3 & 4 26x2 floors 550 apartments - City Zone Piccadilly Station Platforms 15 & 16 - City Zone Owen St Tower 3 Renaker, 48 floors - City Zone Owen St Tower 4 Renaker, 52 floors - Discovery Quay, King William St,12 & 8 floors 299 student flats - Salford Peel Park Redevelopment 2.1m Salford - Trafford TRANSPORT Metrolink Trafford Centre Line - Pier 7 TH Real Estate 10 new buildings, 700 apartments, 8-18 floors - Trafford Waters 3,000 apartments 80,000sqft office space - Exchange Q. 23/15 floors, Hotel 45 rooms, 132 aptmts, 14,000sqft office Renaker have asked Salford City Council for approval to build their 44-storey Exchange Court Tower at Greengate, which will contain 350 apartments Bruntwood have submitted a planning application to Manchester City Council for a series of new blocks and public space on the former BBC site on Oxford Road.
Trinity Fields will see 3,000 new apartments being built right next to Allied London s St Johns Masterplan Red Projects without a planning application - New Hotel and apartments Aytoun St Capital & Centric Kampus - Former Salford Crescent Police Station Apartments & Hotel - MediaCityUK Plot D4 28 floors, 180 apartments Chapman Taylor - MediaCityUK Plot C6 25 floors, 439 apartments Chapman Taylor - Cornbrook Hub, 800 apartments (count as Trafford) - MediaCityUK Plot D3 30 floors, 202 apartments Hodder+P Architects - Museum of Science and Industry Expansion 800m - TRANSPORT Salford Central Platforms 3, 4 and 5 - Deansgate Central Sky Park 750,000sqft mixed use, Carillion & Ask - St Johns, 250,000sqft enterprise cluster, 50 apartments, Allied London - Landmark 13 floors, St Peter s Square 178,000sqft - Hotel Indigo 14 floors, Victoria - The Skirt, Spinningfields Former Oast House, Levitt Bernstein - Meadows Bridge Salford Crescent 820,000 - Halle St Peter s Church 1,450sqft extension, Ancoats - Hardman Square Boulevard, (former Lawn Club), Spinningfields - Stockport Interchange Redevelopment - UX Manchester 1,000+ apartments, 200,000sqft office, Boddingtons - Refurbishment of Newbank & Riverbank Towers, Salford - Mayfield, Piccadilly 800,000sqft offices, 1,300 homes, 350 hotel beds - The Sir Henry Royce Insitute 250m - 100 Embankment 165,000sqft office block, Ask Developments - Trinity Fields Masterplan 3 tower blocks, 25-50 floors 3000 aptmts - Plot V NOMA Apartments, 14, 12 & 10 floors Manchester Place - St Michael s, Bootle St Apartments, 5* hotel, Offices, Retail - The Factory Theatre Former Granada Site - Lowry Outlet Mall redevelopment and expansion - St John s Quarter Phase 2+ - Stockport Interchange Redevelopment New ticket hall, glass walkway - Land at Trinity Way/Greengate, Salford 1190 apartments in 9 blocks - Central Retail Park Redevelopment - 3 St Peter s Square, 12 floors - Hotel - MMU: Redevelopment of Mable Tylecote Building, All Saints - Great Northern 300m, 97,000sqft office building + new skyscraper - Manchester Firehouse Allied London Redevelopment - Etihad Stadium Expansion Phase 2 61,000 seats - New Victoria 150,000sqft office block 17/22 stories 475 apartments - Manchester Phoenix Arena 3,000 seat-stadium/ice Rink City Centre - St John's Place 55 storey resi tower 260 apartments - Manchester Museum Expansion 12.4m new The Courtyard extension - 65m redevelopment of Manchester Arndale, Intu - Oxford Rd Station Surrounds 66 apartments, Hotel, 300,000sqft office - Middlewood Locks 2,000 apartments 750,000sqft commercial - Jackson's Row Masterplan - Piccadilly Station Redev. 1.6bn, New retail, Underground NPR, HSR, HS3, coach station Piccadilly station will be redeveloped and expanded in time for HS2 and HS3 to arrive in the 2030s. The station will become the UK s second-largest rail station with 28 platforms altogether.
Crane Count Salford - Wilburn Basin (2 cranes) - City Suites (1 crane) - 101 Embankment (1 crane) - New Bailey, Stanley St (1 crane) - Adelphi Wharf (1 crane) Salford Quays - X1 MediaCity (1 crane) Piccadilly - Kennedy Building Ancoats (1 crane) East - X1 Eastbank (1 crane) - Union St New Islington (2 cranes) Victoria/North Central - Cotton Building Spinningfields (2 cranes) - Motel One (1 crane) Peter's Fields/South Central - 1 Water St (2 cranes) - 2 St Peter s Square (2 cranes) - 1 Spinningfields (3 cranes) - 8 First St (2 cranes) Universities Crowne Plaza (1 crane) Circle Square Phase 1 (2 cranes) Crane counts give us a rough calculation as to how a city is progressing economically. Most large-scale development schemes require cranes and so crane counts tend to detail how many large schemes are happening across a city. Of course, smaller schemes and conversions are important too and they are happening across the city (usually in the form of the upper floors of older buildings in the urban core being converted into apartments). Manchester s crane count currently stands at 26. This is up from the all-time-low of 3 in October 2013, but we still have not reached the heady heights of November 2005 when 63 cranes reached above the skyline. Manchester currently compares favourably with its regional competitors in terms of crane count, however is beginning to accelerate at a faster pace now that multiple large-scale schemes are beginning to come onsite. Total: 26 cranes (April 30th 2016)
Final Round-up - The number of projects under construction (on which construction activity has begun, in the form of diggers, of drills or of cranes etc) has increased from 70 to 77. - The number of projects which are 'Shovel Ready' (on which construction has a high chance of beginning by the next Update in three months time) has remained the same at 26, this is despite 7 projects moving up into the "Under Construction" category - indicating that the pipeline flow is healthy (you really do ideally want the Shovel Ready category to remain the same because it means that while some projects move up the list into construction, some move into being shovel ready which means that number U/C stays constant. - After a long period of dramatic increases, the number of projects Approved has finally only increased by +1 this term. 9 projects have moved UP the list into the Shovel Ready category - so again this is more evidence that the pipeline is nice and healthy. The last year or so has been quite worrying as we've had a tonne of projects move into the Approved category with not many advancing from being Approved to being U/C or at least site clearance/shovel ready. This indicated a block in the pipeline and an unwillingness from developers to actually build what they had approval for. Luckily, this blockage appears to have been cleared and we've got a pretty steady flow into Construction going now. - Projects holding a planning application which hasn't yet been approved stands at 56, up from 47 in November. This is the biggest increase, and comes from large-scale schemes like Owen St and Circle Square (where each block/tower is counted separately) gaining planning applications. - The number of "Red" projects (those which are masterplans or visions without a planning application, not including framework applications) has increased from 42 to 45 now. There have been two new large-scale masterplan schemes announced this term: the first at UX Manchester in Strangeways and the second at Deansgate Central Sky Park. Of course, without planning applications, it's going to be years before these schemes start construction however it's good to know we have projects being planned into the long-term which can start once our short-to-medium term projects have completed. There appears to be a planning app bubble - there are a lot of planning apps but not as much construction. This could be a good thing in indicating a healthy pipeline but it is almost double the amount Under Construction. The number of "UP" projects remains high at 62, meaning there is a lot of upward movement (i.e. projects gaining approval and projects starting construction) but maybe not as quick as we'd like. Number of NEW projects has remained constant. Between November 2015 and February 2016 there were 30 new projects announced, that remains the same between February 2016 and now. There are 62 projects U/C.
Apartments There are currently 1,314 apartments under construction in the City Zone - There are currently 1,799 apartments under construction in Central Salford - There are currently 1,145 apartments under construction in Salford Quays - There are currently 146 apartments under construction in Hulme - There are currently 26 apartments under construction in Trafford TOTAL = 4,430 apartments - There are currently 8,183 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in the City Centre - There are currently 8,021 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Central Salford - There are currently 3,196 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Salford Quays - There are currently 1,096 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Hulme - There are currently 3,284 apartments with Planning Applications OR U/C in Trafford TOTAL: 23,523 apartments Contact Me Ed Howe Newcastle University MPlan (Town Planning undergraduate) edthowe@gmail.com Worth noting that the number of City Zone apartments Under Construction has decreased due to 434 apartments at Angelgate stopping construction temporarily. Staggering increases in the number of pipeline apartments in both the City Zone and Central Salford: up from 6,127 apartments and 6,245 apartments respectively in February to 8,153 apartments and 8,021 apartments respectively now. Salford Quays now has over 1,000 apartments U/C for the first time since the previous boom. There were 0 apartments U/C in SQ in June 2013.