UK property developer and financier Salboy Group has initiated a £195 mln (€228 mln) redevelopment project of the former Boddingtons Brewery in central Manchester.
Salboy’s partner, Domis, is in charge of the construction work scheduled to be completed in Q2 2026.
Located on a 4,896 m2 site on the northern edge of central Manchester, the Waterhouse Gardens mixed-use scheme will extend over five buildings, including a 20-storey tower, and a landscaped public realm.
The redevelopment will provide 556 new city centre homes targeted at students and young people.
It will have 2,880 m2 of commercial and retail space, as well as exclusive amenities for residents, including swimming pools, squash and basketball courts, lounges and games rooms, private dining, cinema room, meeting rooms and workspaces and a private landscaped garden.
Simon Ismail, co-founder & managing director of Salboy, commented: ‘Waterhouse Gardens will be a residential-led mixed-use regeneration project that pays close attention to creating an appealing landscaped environment where young people buy and rent their homes, as well as study, begin or progress their careers and socialise, all within easy reach of Manchester’s vibrant city centre. We’ve specifically and painstakingly designed a new local neighbourhood that’ll suit anyone – renters and owners alike – who’s seeking a vibrant, convenient, city-central lifestyle where what they need and want is available on-site at a consistently high quality and easy access.’
Assael Architecture submitted the original 2018 planning application, but the scheme was later revised and updated by Architect Studio Power.
Waterhouse Gardens is named after Alfred Waterhouse, a renowned Victorian architect whose work included Manchester Town Hall and Manchester’s Strangeways Gaol, many universities, and the Natural History Museum in London.
Each of the five principal buildings will be named after local waterways, and their interior design and landscaping will be inspired by the location’s past as a brewery.
Sales for the fully funded scheme will commence in September.
Graham + Sibbald is advising Salboy on the commercial space within Waterhouse Gardens.
