Manchester’s building boom is still rumbling on, despite the disruption caused by the pandemic. The city’s skyline remains crowded with cranes, and that doesn’t look like it’s changing any time soon.
Most of the city centre’s new headline development is now taking place right by the perimeter of the inner ring road, with construction site fences bordering busy junctions on Trinity Way, Mancunian Way, and Great Ancoats Street. That’s because space in the UK’s second city is only getting more expensive.
And, as land costs soar, the only way is up. The latest apartment blocks are now regularly topping out at over 30 storeys, making the 15-year-old Beetham Tower look like a mighty oak in a forest, rather than a lonely tree in a field.
