Plans for an 18-storey landmark office building near The Lowry Hotel - featuring a rooftop pool - have been approved.
'The Alberton' will replace the existing Alberton House on St Mary’s Parsonage in Manchester city centre.
Commercial property giant Bruntwood is behind the development which is expected to be completed in 2025. Work is expected to start early next year.
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The building's focal point would be its rooftop "holistic wellness centre". This would include a pool, a hydrotherapy vitality pool, hot and cold treatment rooms, fitness studio, yoga terrace, physio room, and changing and shower facilities.
There would also be a landscaped panoramic roof terrace on the 17th floor, a gym and an additional food and beverage outlet. The building has been designed by EPR Architects and would occupy the site of the first Manchester Gas Works.
Bruntwood added that the development will "prompt considerable job creation" across building management, hospitality provision and customer expansion, estimated to support 1,740 full-time employees and an annual GVA contribution of £131m.
Ciara Keeling, CEO of Bruntwood Works, said: "Gaining planning approval for The Alberton marks another landmark moment in our efforts to revolutionise the workspace, not just in Manchester but across the UK.
"We have always been focused on customer wellbeing and these plans launch us even further into the journey of creating workspaces that champion work/life balance.
"The importance of this has never been greater, as our society faces considerable challenges.
"The Alberton will provide an exemplary model of what workspaces can achieve, going further than we ever have in our Pioneer programme.
"This is particularly evident in the holistic wellness centre that will act as the heart of the development and offer our customers an unrivalled wellbeing experience.
"This level of amenity will help businesses offer staff the ultimate workspace experience, encouraging a greater return to the office whilst supporting a healthy work/life balance.
"This new space incorporates everything we have learned over the last few years of studying changes in how our customers interact with workspaces and listening to their ongoing feedback.
"We truly believe that we have created something that will provide a blueprint for accessible and inclusive offices."
Alongside Bruntwood Works as developer, The Alberton project team comprises EPR as architect and interior designer, Planit IE as the landscape designer, Curtins as structural and civil engineer, Hilson Moran providing a range of MEP and sustainability design services, RLB as cost consultants and employers agent, Stephen Levrant as heritage consultant, and Deloitte LLP as planning consultants.
The retained letting agents are CBRE and JLL. The team is further supported by a range of consultants providing professional technical advice on the development of the scheme.
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