Spinningfields

The proposal to create a central business district originated in 1997 when Allied London purchased a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library. Allied London executive Mike Ingall was convinced of the site's regeneration potential and Manchester City Council was keen to redevelop the city centre after the 1996 Manchester bombing. The development, named from a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate, is bounded by Bridge Street to the north, Quay Street to the south, Deansgate to the east, and the River Irwell to the west. The Financial Times said in 2012 that the development spread over 22 acre and contained 3,000,000 sqft of office space. By 2008, many had been completed…

{| class="wikitable" |- ! | Address ! | Alternative name ! | Height(m) ! | Number of floors ! | Built ! | Tenants |- | 1 Hardman Square | 1 Spinningfields | 91 | 21 | 2017 | Browne Jacobson,<br />Douglas Scott Recruitment,<br />Northedge Capital,<br />Oliver James Associates,<br />PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC),<br />Squire Patton Boggs,<br />Weightmans, Wework |- | 3 Hardman Street | | 75 | 16 | 2006 | Bank of New York Mellon, Barclays,<br />BDO, Brown Shipley, DAC Beachcroft,<br />General Medical Council, Investec,<br />Lambert Smith Hampton,<br />Marks & Spencer Business Service Centre,<br />Pinsent Masons, Regus,<br />Robert Walters, RSM |- | 3 Hardman Square | | 49 | 9 | 2007 | Landmark,…

The area is dominated by commercial office developments and has been described as the "Canary Wharf of the North"; the Financial Times has noted, "London has Canary Wharf and Paris has La Défense, Manchester has its own modern financial centre in the form of Spinningfields". Its anchor tenants include Regus, Barclays, DAC Beachcroft, Deloitte, HSBC Bank, Global Radio, Grant Thornton International, Guardian Media Group and Royal Bank of Scotland. Flagship buildings include 1 The Avenue and the Civil Justice Centre. Across from 1 Hardman Boulevard is 2 Hardman Street, occupied by Deloitte and, after the Manchester Evening News moved out in 2010, DWF. Manchester Evening News vacated the site…