St John's Quarter
| St John's Quarter | |
 St John's Gardens within St John's Quarter, Manchester |
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  St John's Quarter |
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| OS grid reference | SJ8318898056 |
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| – London | 163 miles (263 km) SE |
| Metropolitan borough | City of Manchester |
| Metropolitan county | Greater Manchester |
| Region | North West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | MANCHESTER |
| Dialling code | 0161 |
| Police | Greater Manchester |
| Fire | Greater Manchester |
| Ambulance | North West |
| EU Parliament | North West England |
| UK Parliament | Manchester Central |
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Coordinates: 53°28′44″N 2°15′17″W / 53.478958°N 2.254783°W
St John's is a proposed £1 bn development of a 6 hectare plot within central Manchester, England.[1][2] The site is being developed by Manchester Quays Ltd (MQL), a partnership between Manchester City Council and Allied London.[3]
Development
The development will see up to 2,500 homes, up to 600,000 sq ft of workspace, mostly aimed at creative industries, (80,000 sq ft of this via refurbishment of the Bonded Warehouse), up to 400,000 sq ft of leisure space, incorporating some of the existing entertainment and studio buildings.[4] The development will be on the former site of Granada Studios but it will extend as far as the Museum of Science and Industry and the Marriott Hotel on Water Street.[1]
SimpsonHaugh and Partners are behind the masterplan which will also see two fifty storey towers and three hotels, including the Grande Hotel incorporating the iconic red neon 'Granada TV' sign.[5][6]
The Factory
The development will feature a new £110 million theatre and arts venue called The Factory. Its name comes from Factory Records, the independent record label founded by the late Tony Wilson. The flexible space will hold up to 5,000 people and will be capable of transforming from a seated theatre to a standing environment. It will also provide a permanent home to the Manchester International Festival.[7][6] The £9.5m design contract has been put out to tender with the chosen design teams to be announced mid November 2015.[8] The nine shortlisted architects for the lead design are: Rafael Viñoly Architects • Diller Scofidio + Renfro • Bennetts Associates • Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) • Zaha Hadid Architects • SimpsonHaugh and Partners • Grimshaw Architects • Mecanoo International • Haworth Tompkins Limited.[9]
References
- 1 2 ITV report (27 October 2014). "£1bn vision for former ITV site revealed". ITV News Granada Reports (Manchester). Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Press release (22 July 2015). "Building excitement as plans for world class arts space The Factory Manchester develop". Manchester City Council. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Thompson, Dan (27 September 2013). "Granada Studios site sold in £26.5m deal". Manchester Evening News (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Swettenham, Jessica (27 October 2014). "Allied submits £1bn St Johns masterplan". Place Northwest. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Schofield, Jonathan (23 June 2015). "REVEALED | Two Fifty Storey Towers Coming To Manchester". Manchester Confidential (Confidential Direct). Retrieved 4 October 2015. delete character in
|title=at position 10 (help) - 1 2 Jupp, Adam (10 August 2015). "Allied London reveals plans for St John's quarter former Granada Studios site". Manchester Evening News (Trinity Mirror). Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ Sherwin, Adam (29 July 2015). "The Factory project: New £110m arts venue named after Tony Wilson's Factory Records to open in Manchester". The Independent. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
- ↑ Clark, Tim (27 July 2015). "Manchester seeks architect for £110m The Factory venue". Building.co.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ↑ Fulcher, Merlin (23 September 2015). "Stellar shortlist revealed for Manchester's new £110m arts venue". Architects' Journal (Emap Ltd). Retrieved 4 October 2015.