Padel courts set for roof of one of Manchester’s most famous buildings as craze hits new heights
The game’s popularity has surged in recent years(Image: Zebra Architects for Padel Social Club via planning documents) The…
Historic pub to close for ‘new’ library that’s Mancs have visited for decades
The library is around 125 years older than the city’s Central Library(Image: Purcell for The Portico Library via…
The cut-price city centre flats wanted by 19,976 Mancs where there’s space for a walk-in wardrobe
One of the first things Bev Craig did as council leader was to up affordable housing targets. Nearly…
Lost for 39 years, the site of Moss Side institution is set for a new lease of life
“Moss Side is rightly a popular and desirable area”(Image: Manchester Evening News.) Hundreds of affordable new homes are…
MMU wanted to replace 1990s halls with modern state-of-the-art towers – why was it so controversial?
A planning row has rumbled on this summer – featuring a cycle lane, exodus from Fallowfield, and an…
The city centre car park that shaped Manchester’s music scene for decades that could be gone in 20 weeks
It’s not known what will replace it just yet 18:50, 28 Aug 2025Updated 18:51, 28 Aug 2025 Retro…
Has the Northern Quarter changed as we know it?
The Northern Quarter now has a skyscraper, and it’s a 100m, 32-storey tall luxury complex with a swimming…
The 89 affordable flats around a grade-II listed showroom coming to the city centre
They hit a ‘symbolic’ moment this week(Image: Copyright Unknown) Construction on scores of affordable homes in a grade-II…
Puma’s new £87m Manchester headquarters is finished – this is what it’s like inside
Leaders say the move ‘illustrates Manchester’s international impact’(Image: Bruntwood SciTech) Puma will soon move into its new £87m…
Heritage group demands full explanation as to why Hotspur Press was not given listed status before devastating fire
‘It is highly unusual for the Culture Secretary to reject the advice of Historic England’Fire at Hotspur Press…