{"id":278577,"date":"2025-11-11T22:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/278577\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T22:34:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T22:34:12","slug":"robert-de-niro-proud-of-manchester-skyscraper-nobu-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/278577\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert De Niro ‘proud’ of Manchester skyscraper Nobu plans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Stead and <\/p>\n

Laura O’Neill,North West<\/p>\n

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Robert De Niro co-owns the Nobu hospitality group <\/p>\n

Robert De Niro said he was “proud to be part” of Manchester as work got under way to build the city’s tallest skyscraper. <\/p>\n

The Godfather, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas star is a key investor behind the Nobu Manchester building which, once constructed by developer Salboy, will be operated by Nobu Hospitality, a company co-owned by the Hollywood actor.<\/p>\n

The 76-storey building, next to the Deansgate-Castlefield tram stop, will include 452 apartments, a high-end restaurant and a 160-bedroom hotel. <\/p>\n

Confirming the project would take six years to complete, De Niro said Manchester had “real character [and was] creative, passionate and strong”.<\/p>\n

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The 76-storey skyscraper is designed to become Manchester’s tallest building<\/p>\n

“I look forward to coming back when it is finished, if not before,” said the 82-year-old star.<\/p>\n

“I think it is going to take six years and I plan to be around.”<\/p>\n

Once finished, the 807ft (246m) tower – featuring a swimming pool, a spa, a gym and a garden – will be the UK’s tallest building outside London.<\/p>\n

De Niro said: “I haven’t seen the city yet but I’d like to come back. Everyone is very nice, we’re having a very nice time.<\/p>\n

“It’s great being here in Manchester because it has real character, we’re proud to be part of it.”<\/p>\n

The skyscraper has been designed by architect Ian Simpson.<\/p>\n

Salboy was created by the Salford bookmaker Fred Done.<\/p>\n

‘Booming’<\/p>\n

The Nobu brand was launched by De Niro with film producer Meir Taper and celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa.<\/p>\n

They opened their first restaurant in New York in 1994 and they have since expanded their hospitality empire to dozens of cities around the world.<\/p>\n

Manchester will become Nobu’s second UK location, 35 years after it opened in London.<\/p>\n

Salboy managing director Simon Ismail said: “Manchester’s been booming for over 10 years now and the population just continues to grow.<\/p>\n

“To entice the likes of Nobu and what they bring in terms of quality and brand and exposure – it’s enormous and I think this is a catalyst to really push on and do more in the city.”<\/p>\n

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Actor Robert De Niro spoke at a press conference on Tuesday <\/p>\n

The planned Nobu Manchester scheme will feature a second building on Great Bridgewater Street, which will stand at 23 storeys tall and have 133 apartments aimed at the affordable homes market.<\/p>\n

Manchester City Council leader Bev Craig said the plans were a “symbol that international businesses are choosing Manchester”. <\/p>\n

She added: “It’s not everyday you watch Robert De Niro take out an apartment in Deansgate is it?”<\/p>\n

“It is a boost – we’ve said for a long time we wanted to be a world-class city and if you want to be a world-class city you’ve got to get global names.<\/p>\n

“The fact we are seeing global names – not just actors – but global businesses that only go to cities where they will be successful is a big boost for Manchester.”<\/p>\n

The first phase of Nobu Manchester – a 40-storey tower with 362 apartments built above a series of Victorian railway arches – was completed in 2024 on the site of the old Manchester Central station.<\/p>\n

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The first phase of the Viadux scheme includes a swimming pool underneath the former Manchester Central station<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Richard Stead and Laura O’Neill,North West BBC Robert De Niro co-owns the Nobu hospitality group Robert De Niro…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-278577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}