A Manchester city centre hotel is set to be demolished to make way for a 38-storey skyscraper of student accommodation and a 13-storey office building. The Premier Inn at Deansgate Locks would be replaced by purpose-built student flats which would accommodate 1,014 rooms under the new plans.
The proposal for the Medlock Street site also includes 36,000 sq m of Grade A office space as well as a new piece of artwork which is nine storeys in height. According to planning documents, a competition will be held to choose an artist to design the new artwork on the side of the student accommodation.
Hotelier Whitbread and developer Dominvs Group submitted the planning application to Manchester council with a decision expected in the new year. The land is located within the First Street area for which the local authority has laid out regeneration plans and is set to include a pocket park and rain garden.
