St Michael's, Manchester

The development was proposed in 2016, originally by Neville in partnership with Ryan Giggs, after almost ten years of land acquisition and planning, and was to have had 21-storey and 31-storey black-clad towers designed by architecture firm Make. There were objections to the size and design of the towers, the loss of historic buildings, and the lack of affordable housing. After a redesign, with Make leaving the project and being replaced by Hodder + Partners, retention of the pub and police station façades, and expansion of the planned retail component, Giggs resigned from the venture in 2020, and the conversion of the police station into a second, 29-room hotel was replaced with office…