Fresh plans for new office block next to Victoria Station

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

A new office block planned next to Victoria Station has been redesigned. The second phase of the New Victoria development in Manchester was set to be a predominantly glass building with eight storeys of office floorspace.

But new plans recently submitted to Manchester council reveal a different design with red brick, terracotta dressings and three rooftop terraces. The 10-storey building would be taller than the previous proposal, but offer a similar amount of office floorspace with roof terraces on the top three floors.

It comes nearly nine months after Morgan Capital acquired the site off Corporation Street where 520 apartments are already under construction. The London-based developer then appointed a new design team, led by architect Piercy & Co, to redesign Muse Developments' previous plans.

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A spokesperson for Morgan Capital said: "[We] sought to design a new office building of exceptional quality that will provide both architectural longevity and enhancement to the immediate townscape, and also provide market leading [environmental, social and governance] credentials and tenant amenity. All being well, we will look to start on site by year end and complete in Q4 2024."

The first phase of the New Victoria development is already under construction with two residential buildings featuring 520 apartments planned on the site. Last year, Muse sold the Phase 2 site, where an eight-storey office block was planned, to Toriview Ltd – a private family office working with Morgan Capital.

According to documents submitted with the latest planning application, the previous proposal 'no longer meets current market requirements' which