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New life for landmark

Oct 23, 2008

By Deborah Linton

A MASSIVE scheme to transform one of Manchester's biggest eyesores will bring 3,000 jobs and £90m to the local economy, developers claim.

The Renaissance Hotel, in Blackfriars Street, opposite No1 Deansgate, will be torn down and replaced with a new luxury hotel, a 36-floor tower containing 250 apartments, shops and restaurants and 600-space underground car park.

A new square will be built at the corner of Deansgate and Blackfriars and a walkway created alongside the River Irwell. A council report says it will `reconnect' the Manchester and Salford sides of the river.

The project is the final piece of a masterplan to redevelop the area of the city centre damaged by the 1996 IRA bomb.

Pledge

Developers West Properties gained the site - formerly the Ramada Hotel - from freeholders Manchester council last year in a deal thought to be worth more than £20m.

They pledged `total and comprehensive' redevelopment of the `tired and ugly' buildings.

Their plans are recommended for approval when they go before the town hall executive tomorrow .

They could then go to public consultation as early as next week before a planning application is submitted.

Colin Roy of West Properties said: "We are really excited to be able to take down a building which no longer matches what has been built around it and put something in its place that will meet the needs of Manchester's growing commercial and shopping heart."

Source: Manchester Evening News

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