A 92-year-old bank in Manchester city centre will get a surprising fashion extension to supply new offices.
Plans for the construction of Old Bank, which is listed in Grade II, on Corporation Street as a component of the largest NOMA progression of 800 million pounds, have been approved by Manchester City Council.
The seven-story extension at the back of the bank, which has been vacant for several years, will provide 97,250 square feet of cool area on six floors.
More than 6,900 feet will be dedicated to collaborative, recreational and retail workspaces on the ground overlooking Sadler’s Yard public square.
The extension will also update the Pilcrow pub, which will move to the 20-acre NOMA neighborhood component.
As a component of the proposals presented through Federated Hermes, the developer NOMA, the old bank will also be remodeled to adapt to the expansion.
They would be the last historical assets within NOMA, after the Redfern and Dantzic buildings, which will be remodeled to supply new workspaces in the area.
Old Bank will also separate from the 14-story New Century House, to which it is connected to the ground and fifth floor, to allow buildings to operate independently. “
The drafting plans presented in July state: “The long-term sustainable reuse of the Bank’s old construction represents a vital additional step towards achieving NOMA’s full regeneration potential, and will make a significant contribution to a variety of strategic objectives and meet the much-needed Call for class A workspace in the city.
“The new extension will repair and complement the historic urban grain at the back of the building.
“This will help a greater contour and Sadler’s Yard by offering an active public square facade while offering a permanent solution to the site. “
The request for planning came weeks after Hermes announced plans to expand Noma to build an additional 620,000 square feet of new office, business and recreation spaces in Angel Square.
NOMA has already delivered approximately 563,000 square feet of new offices and created 5,300 jobs to date, just over a third of the original target of 15,000 jobs when the allocation began just over a decade ago.