Developer Renaker gains approval to build 2,388 homes

Manchester City Council has approved plans for five new tower blocks, which will deliver 2,388 homes.

Developer Renaker is planning to further another transform the skyline around Great Jackson street, which is already home to eight Simpson & Haugh-designed towers rising to 65 storeys.

The latest five towers, alos designed by Simpson & Haugh, include the city’s tallest tower yet at 71-storeys, which would be the second tallest building in the UK behind the Shard.

This tower will contain 642 homes and will neighbour a separate application site containing two new 51-storey towers and two of 47 storeys.

Simpson & Haugh's plans for the UK's second tallest building

Sketch of the 71-storey tower in the existing cluster around Great Jackson Street

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