The scheme for LWP Redbank Public features two towers of 18 and 43 storeys on the 50-54 Red Bank site at the entrance to the Northern Gateway regeneration area.
The project, which has gone out to public consultation, sits on a pocket plot just west of a huge 4,800-home masterplan drawn up by Maccreanor Lavington and Hawkins\Brown, which was given outline approval by Manchester City Council in 2023.
According to LWP Redbank, which bought the site in 2019, the Jon Matthews proposals will provide a mix of one, two and three-bedroom flats ‘suitable for everyone, from single occupiers to families’ and offering ‘sweeping city views’. New commercial units are proposed for the ground floor.
The team claims the development is aligned with Manchester City Council’s wider Northern Gateway Strategic Regeneration Framework, which aims to deliver around 15,000 new homes over the next 15 years.
Red Bank has been identified, it says, ‘for distinctive landmark buildings of scale, helping to connect communities and improve access across the wider masterplan area’.
Jon Matthews Architects’ plot, marked in red, sits just west of the 4,800-home Red Bank masterplan drawn up by Maccreanor Lavington and Hawkins\Brown
A spokesperson on behalf of the project team said: ‘Red Bank is fast becoming a creative and vibrant part of Manchester, and our vision is to build on this character to create a distinctive new neighbourhood
‘These proposals bring forward much-needed homes, alongside new public space, and active ground-floor uses that will add to the life of the area. We look forward to hearing what local people think during our consultation.’
All the proposed homes will have access to cycle parking and the towers will include air-source heat pumps and ‘other low-carbon technologies’.
Consultation runs until 3 October.