The scheme, seen from Albert Square, will include a nine-storey office block seen here to the left of the tower
Footballer-turned-property-developer Gary Neville will submit revised plans next month for the proposed £200m St Michael’s development in Manchester
The 134m tall St Michael’s tower, designed by Hodder + Partners, will be mixed-use and feature offices, 170 flats and a 200-bedroom hotel.
Hodder + Partners’ scheme will replace a brace of towers drawn up by the scheme’s previous architect Make with a 39-storey tower.
The earlier scheme was formally scrapped this summer after Make pulled out of the work which would have seen it build two towers of 21 and 31 storeys.
Stephen Hodder, a former RIBA president, had been drafted onto the scheme earlier this year after Make’s plans ran into problems with heritage groups who complained the towers threatened to ruin historic parts of Manchester’s skyline.
Historic England had said Make’s proposal would “irreparably damage the special character of the surrounding conservation area” while Save Britain’s Heritage called it “a blot on the centre of one of Britain’s greatest cities of a magnitude not seen in decades”.
The Hodder scheme will provide 147,000 sq ft of office space, 32,000 sq ft of leisure space, along with the 170 apartments and a 200-bed hotel.
Neville is hoping work can start next spring with work due to take three years. Construction will be carried out by Chinese contractor Beijing Construction Engineering Group.
The Hodder scheme replaces a two-tower design by Make
