Two new developments are set to make their way to Angel Square — after plans were submitted for two office buildings. In total, it will add 440,000 sq ft of workspace to the area, which is already home to Co-Op.
The buildings will be known as 2 and 3 Angel Square, and will connect with existing public spaces around the space-age Co-Op headquarters, opposite the CIS Tower. Today, architects Cartwright Pickard have released artistic impressions of how the complex could look.
Other features include: a potential rooftop restaurant, garden terraces including a water feature, a piano nobile terrace overlooking Angel Square, and lower and upper ground floor commercial retail uses. The scheme in NOMA has yet to secure planning permission, however.
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“This flagship development will raise the bar in the North by delivering Grade A office space that is truly environmentally friendly for today and tomorrow, as well as providing enhanced amenities that will optimise the workspace,” Dan Hyde, Development Director at real estate asset manager and developer MEPC which is delivering the NOMA masterplan, said.
“We’re in a time where having sector-leading sustainability credentials matters not just to investors and funders, but to occupiers too. The next generation of employees are more sustainably conscious than ever before, and providing them with the most sustainable and user-friendly working environment with access to green space, can become the important differentiator. At 2 and 3 Angel Square, we’ll be delivering exactly that.”
2 Angel Square will deliver 197,926 sq ft of office in 14 storeys, with a further 17,200 sq ft of potential commercial space on the top floor. 3 Angel Square will be 13 storeys, delivering 241,531 sq ft of Grade A office space and 22,690 sq ft of commercial space.
The pair will complement the landmark 1 Angel Square, and 4 Angel Square, which is due to be completed in early 2023 and is Manchester city centre’s largest, and most sustainable speculative development.
Architects say the façades of the buildings will be in keeping with the heritage buildings in the NOMA estate, and use glazed, angled terracotta panels, which will reflect different colours as the sunlight reflects on them at different times of the day.
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