A new joint venture between Manchester City Council and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) will drive housing development on Council-owned sites – delivering around 1,600 new homes on brownfield sites across the city
More than 20% of new homes will be genuinely affordable Manchester Living Rent homes
The first This City development has already completed at No. 1 Ancoats Green which welcomed new residents last year.
The seven initial future sites are spread across the city, with a particular focus on north and east Manchester, while the next site being brought forward is in the city centre Postal Street in the Northern Quarter
The Demolition of a previous single-story commercial building has already been completed, allowing for detailed design of the new residential development that will deliver 126 new low carbon homes, with at least 20% capped at the Manchester Living Rent level.
A planning application for the site has now been submitted to RIBA Stage 2 design and consultation ahead of a formal planning submission with an expected start on site later in 2027.
Five other sites have been identified
Monsall in Harpurhey, north Manchester – four phases will deliver 651 homes
Kirkmanshulme Lane, Longsight, east Manchester – 88 homes
Hyde Road, Longsight, east Manchester – 84 homes
Grey Mare Lane, Ancoats and Beswick, east Manchester – 145 homes
Downing Street, Ardwick, central Manchester – 181 homes.
Cllr Bev Craig, Leader of Manchester City Council, said: Our housing strategy is both about building the homes our city needs, but also intervening to make our city affordable to everyone. Our plan for 10,000 genuinely affordable, social and council homes is building record numbers. We built more last year than any year since the early 2000s.
“This partnership with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund will enable us to drive forward the work of This City to build the homes the city needs on council-owned land.
“Completing No.1 Ancoats Green last year was a great start – but this collaboration with the Greater Manchester Pension Fund provides long-term assurance that we can bring forward and deliver even more ambitious schemes.
“We already have a strong pipeline of projects in place, including the next This City development in the Northern Quarter, with further sites across Manchester. This means we are building many more homes capped at the Manchester Living Rent in the coming years .”
