Row over bid to replace bar with student flats – Manchester
A bar closed down after a drive-by shooting could be turned into student flats – to the dismay of campaigners.
Town hall planners are considering an application to demolish Arch Bar in Hulme and build a five-storey apartment block with about 115 bedrooms.
The Stretford Road pub was a popular with students until it was closed in August 2007 when a 25-year-old man was shot in the abdomen and leg outside …