The Manchester Buzz Round The U.K.’s First Purpose-Built Co-Living Scheme
Co-living is coming to Manchester — and it is creating quite a buzz. It will be the U.K.’s first purpose-built co-living scheme.
The co-living concept — flourishing in the U.S. and now growing in London’s Old Oak Common — is heading north, as Manchester City Council edges close to a decision on plans for 403 co-living units and 93 student flats in three towers at Granby Row, part of the former UMIST campus.
The towers will be 14, 20 and 25 stories, according to paperwork submitted by the Manchester office of planning consultants Turley on behalf of IQ Student. IQ plan to retain ownership of the Echo Street project once it is built, which will contain a mix of studios, twodios, and one, two, three and four-bed shared apartments …