Peel Media has appointed international property agent Cushman & Wakefield to assist in the development and promotion to potential occupiers of Media City in Manchester, UK. Work is already underway onsite at Salford Quays, near Manchester, to transform 200 acres (81 hectares) of former dockland into an internationally significant creative industries community. The Media City development will be home to the BBC and other media and creative organisations, as well as new retail, leisure and residential space.
Peel Media has appointed international property agent Cushman & Wakefield to assist in the development and promotion to potential occupiers of Media City in Manchester, UK. Work is already underway onsite at Salford Quays, near Manchester, to transform 200 acres (81 hectares) of former dockland into an internationally significant creative industries community. The Media City development will be home to the BBC and other media and creative organisations, as well as new retail, leisure and residential space.
Phase 1 of the development comprises 46,500 m2 of office buildings, broadcast studios (20,800 m2), post production facilities (3,700 m2) a 206-bed three-star hotel and 371 apartments, due for completion in 2011.
Ed Burrows, Property Director of Peel said: 'The scale and reach of this development makes it one of the most significant instructions in the Country. We are focusing initially on ensuring that the Media City offering is the number one choice for the whole of the media industry and believe that Cushman and Wakefield' s international expertise is ideally suited to assisting the team create the best environment to attract a range of media and creative industries.' Tony Bray, Head of North West Business Space, Cushman & Wakefield said: 'Media City will be one of the most important commercial led developments in the UK in the next decade.'
