One of Manchester city centre’s most iconic buildings — the Great Northern Warehouse — is set for a major change. While it will still be recognizable as the Victorian behemoth that dominates Deansgate, the fabric of the sprawling, six-acre site is set to shift.
The plans include the removal of the Odeon cinema, creation of a ‘green oasis’ in the existing square, and the construction of two residential towers to house 750 apartments. Those blocks will be roughly two-thirds the height of the neighbouring Beetham Tower, and along with the soon-to-be-completed 136m-tall Viadux tower next door , will dramatically change the skyline of this part of the city.
