'Once in a generation' plans to transform Wythenshawe Civic Centre, including a new public square, cultural hub and food hall are set to go ahead. The major plan to redevelop the 1970s site could also see 1,500 low carbon homes built.
A new food hall, which would be a grocery for 'affordable regional producers' during the day, would become a space for local food and drink outlets at night. Working in collaboration with Manchester Arts Centre HOME, the former Co-op department store would also be converted into a new creative hub with studios, performance spaces, a cinema screen and a flexible events space.
A fifth of the 1,500 homes planned - which includes 600 homes at the former Shell headquarters - would be affordable. And a reinvigorated business centre would offer a 'collaborative space' for businesses, start ups and entrepreneurs.
