The M'cr Construction Timeline

[flange]

Nothing really went wrong, the rumoured September date was never officially announced by All Star themselves. But know they have officially said that January 2013 will be when they open.

The planning application for new shop fronts and the change of use to bowling alley only recently got approved too, so things are still on schedule really.

All Stars will have a stall at the Food & Drink Festival though to get a sampler of the place.

[slipdigby]

Originally Posted by VDB

- Manchester Metropolitan Business School and Student Hub will open.
- Manchester Metropolitan Arts Building will open!

Business School/Hub has been open for a few weeks now. Apparently October has been stated by the Head of Department for Chatham/new arts building to open.

Best,
Slip

[Nathan Dawz]

Originally Posted by VDB

Exact Dates

1st September - The Number 9 bus route will close to be replaced by the extended Stagecoach number 50 route from East Didsbury.

Surprised this one wasn't mentioned on the news!

September looks to be a bit of a slow month....

[VDB]

Originally Posted by Nathan Dawz

Surprised this one wasn't mentioned on the news!

September looks to be a bit of a slow month....

Sure does.

You should see January 2013

[VDB]

We haven't had a true timeline in a while now so here's what'll be happening in Manchester, chronologically, over the next year (until May 2013). We actually have at least 2 "events" or timeline entries per month from now way up until October 2014, so I guess that stands us in pretty good stead. Obviously months fill up as they get nearer and nearer, but July 2014 already looks to be a really exciting month because we're due to have Victoria refurbishment finished, 1SPS finished and the entire First St North complex completed - all in one month!!



Anyway, here's October 2012;

- Saturday 27th October; Stalybridge railway station remodelling will culminate in a 'possession' (whatever that is) running from now until Sunday November 4th.

- October 29th until November 2nd 2012; The Co-operative convention at Manchester Central. 10,000 delegates, £12.8million boost to the city.

- The enabling works for Phase 2 at First St are due to begin.
- The first few employees will begin moving into Co-op's new headquarters at One Angel Square. They will move in phases from now until March 2013.
- The new name for the Library Theatre & Cornerhouse will be revealed (I think this may have already happened??)
- Middlewood Locks - the third and last consultation will occur to discuss uses of the site as well as form and "quantum" will be discussed. Funding? God knows.
- The last of the Network Rail staff based at Victoria are due to leave so major work can begin there.
- Peel are set to release Port Salford's detailed documents.
- The "engagement programme" re HS2 route to Manchester will happen to discuss local views and concerns. Hm.
- Dog Bowl; new bowling alley on New Wakefield St, is due to open.
- Revolucion de Cuba is set to open on Peter St in the former Squares bar - 100 new jobs.




November 2012

- Fabrica office and hotel development in Ancoats will be complete with 21,000sqft of office space and a 150 bed Accor Hotel.
- Albert Square Chop House will open in Memorial Hall, Albert Square.
- Cloud 23, Beetham Tower on Deansgate. Bar will reopen after refurbishment.
- Ryanair will start flying 2 flights a week to Gdansk, Poland and Riga, Latvia from Manchester.




December 2012

- 9th December; First Group will take over the WCML.

- The Tesco Superstore at Old Trafford will open (yay)
- Metrolink is scheduled to open to Rochdale.
- New December transport timetable will come into service; it'll include an extra hourly service from Stalybridge to Manchester Victoria and then beyond to Wigan and Southport. Also, morning services from Leeds will now call at Littleborough and Mills Hill and they'll be a new Victoria to Leeds evening service.
- Plans to completely regenerate Trinity Square (the one outside the Avenue North) and create a 'uniform' public realm scheme from the Avenue North to the House of Fraser, Deansgate is due to get underway.
- Work is set to start on St Peter's Square revamp. Cenotaph has to be in place by Remembrance Sunday 2013, so make of that what you will....
- The X Factor Final will be held at Manchester Central.
- Printworks; new mezannine level and escalators as well as full scale interior and exterior refurbishment is set to be complete.
- The Logistics Hub at Manchester Airport City is due to open
- Victoria station; new roof and development works will begin.
- Planning application for a 350 bed Holiday Inn Hotel is due to go in for the former employment exchange on Aytoun St.
- Salford Crescent train station; the main redevelopment works here will start over the Christmas holidays.




January 2013

- 4 star Melia Hotel at First St North will start construction
- First St North cultural facility will start construction
- Construction due to start on Motel One hotel at Piccadilly. 18 Month build.




February 2013

- Rail electrification on the Liverpool Manchester line is due to reach Newton le Willows and the WCML. Could allow for immediate electric services directly to the West Coast
- T68 Trams due to have dissappeared from the Metrolink network by now (end of phasing out)
- I+ Spinningfields office block will begin construction on grassland opposite RBS Building at Spinningfields.
- Coronation St and ITV will move operations to Salford Quays.
- Construction is set to begin on the National Graphene Institute, Upper Brook St.



March 2013

- Restaurant aiming for Michellin Star will open in Tower 12. Quote: "Restaurant and Lounge@Manchester House will be run by Aiden Byrne and Tim Bacon." Best of luck to them.
- Cycling Hubs are due to be complete in Ashton, Rochdale and Sale.
- The Halle orchestra will move into St Peter's Church in Ancoats.
- Miller St Ring Road extension will be complete.



April 2013

- The Control Tower at Manchester Airport is due for completion.
- Construction might start on the 42 storey River St tower in Hulme (if it's still going ahead).
- Regeneration of Trinity Square and new public realm from Avenue North up to House of Fraser on Deansgate is set for completion.
- BID* to introduce more shoppers into Manchester City Centre by extending the retail core could start this month and run for 5 years. *BID=Business Improvement District
- Restaurant Bar and Grill on John Dalton St; new 'skybar' is set for completion.
- Primark Refurbishment is set for completion (Spring)




May 2013

- Sea Life centre at Barton Square, Trafford Centre is due for completion.
- Local TV channels are due to be broadcasting by now (Manchester will have one)
- Work is set to start on Metrolink 2CC (just says "2013")

[VDB]

Time for an update.

Coming towards the end of 2012 now. 2013 promises to be an exciting year, I'm sure many of you have witnessed my crane and construction maps over the last few weeks which have shown that Manchester could have 20+ cranes on its skyline by summer next year. Exciting indeed.

This month we've seen the approval of Simpson's 42 storey tower in Central Spine, hopefully we'll be seeing more on that next year. We've also had the introduction of a new 14 storey Hotel la Tour at Riverside, Salford this month.

It's been a slow last few years in construction, and this sector has fallen dramatically in Manchester in the last year or so. So much so that you can now count with your fingers the number of construction projects ongoing in the city centre. It's a shame, but the next year looks optimistic with many construction projects already starting or being approved/funding secured. News that we're out of the recession is a good start, but as a country we're still bumping along the bottom and we have a lot of work to do to make sure growth continues.

I'm very optimistic for Manchester. I truly think the transport infastructure projects and digital world city aspirations, coupled with our vast airport, are enough to propel us into the top league of European cities by the turn of the decade. We just have to ensure growth and investment continues. Luckily, we have a cohesive and unified city region structure which makes us shine compared with our UK competitors, as well as making us a viable option for investment ... and that'll be vital in future.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings. Here's the remaining months of 2012;


NOVEMBER 2012

Exact dates

- 1st November - Lavazza Coffee will open in the Trafford Centre
- 3rd-4th November - Metrolink Airport Line; the bridge at Sale Water Park will be craned into place over the M60.
- 24th-25th November - Metrolink Airport Line; the bridge at Havely will be lifted into place over the M56.


Non-Exact Dates

- Ryanair will start flying 2 flights a week to Gdansk, Poland and Riga, Latvia.
- Cloud 23 Bar in the Beetham Tower will reopen after refurbishment
- The Albert Square Chop House will open in Memorial Hall, Albert Square.
- Fabrica Office and Hotel development, Ancoats will be complete. 21,000sqft of office space and a 150 bed Accor Hotel.
- Skii Club will launch in Spinningfields.
- Local TV Station; preferred bidder will be announced. It's between Metro8TV, MCR8, YourTV and Made in Manchester
- "Early November" - HS2 Route into Manc will be announced.




DECEMBER 2012

Exact dates

- 4th December - Opening date of East Manchester Metrolink line to Droylsden.

Non-Exact Dates

- Planning application for a 350 bed Holiday Inn will go in for the former Employment Exchange at Aytoun St.
- Logistics Hub at Airport City is due to start construction.
- X Factor Final will be held at Manchester Central CC
- Printworks; new mezannine level and escalators as well as interior and exterior refurbishment is due to be complete.
- Victoria station - old roof will start coming down in anticipation of refurbishment
- Salford Crescent station - main refurbishment works will start over the Christmas holidays and throughout the 2013 bank holidays
- Work is set to start on the redevelopment of St Peter's Square.
- Plans to completely regenerate Trinity Square near Tower 12, Spinningfields and create a uniform public realm scheme from Avenue North to the House of Fraser on Deansgate will get underway.
- They'll be an extra hourly service from Stalybridge to Victoria, and then beyond to Wigan and Southport. Morning services to Leeds will now call at Littleborough and Mills Hill and they'll also be adding a new Victoria to Leeds evening service
- Tesco Superstore in Old Trafford will open.

[AJD1984]

According to a newsletter I received, the Ski Club will launch this Friday

[scproductions]

Cannot image the new mezzanine level in the printworks being completed by December... No work seems to have been done on it at all...

[VDB]

Originally Posted by scproductions

Cannot image the new mezzanine level in the printworks being completed by December... No work seems to have been done on it at all...

Same. I was writing it in like "wait, what? no way..."

Flange posted a few months ago that there have been big internal changes, just within the actual retail units themselves and so invisible to us really. Maybe they've been installing the foundations and what not and all it needs is for the mezannine to be craned into place (or whatever they call it in an indoor space)

But they're also planning on doing the external redevelopment by December as well. That is, reshaping of the LED lights on the front, the installation of a new LED screen on the Withy Grove AND Dantzic Street side of the building, and the erection (lol) of those red advertising strips on the front of the building.

We'll see what happens throughout December. It's only logical they'd want it finished by Christmas?

[VDB]

That time of month again!

Here's your dates for December. I've also put the dates for January 2013 at the bottom... that promises to be a good month construction-wise.


DECEMBER 2013

Projects with exact dates

4th Dec - East Manchester Metrolink line set to open
9th Dec - X Factor final will be held at Manchester Central CC
9th Dec - Body Shop will open at the Lowry

Projects with non-exact dates

- Victoria station; old roof was originally due to come down this month. May still happen? (if not, it'll be in the NY)

- Salford Crescent station; main redevelopment works will start over Christmas Holidays.
- Planning app for a 350 bed Holiday Inn are due to go in for the Former Employment Exchange site on Aytoun St.
- Logistics Hub at Airport City will start construction.
- Plans to completely regenerate Trinity Square, Spinningfields and create "a uniform public realm scheme" from Avenue North to the House of Fraser on Deansgate will get underway.
- They'll be an extra hourly service from Stalybridge to Victoria, and then beyond to Wigan and Southport. Morning services to Leeds will now call at Littleborough and Mills Hill and they'll also be adding a new Victoria to Leeds evening service
- Tesco superstore at Old Trafford will open.
- Refurbishment of Whitebeam Court tower in Pendleton will begin.
- (Redevelopment of Pendleton begins)
- Carlyle Group and their partners Nikel and Abstract Services will take up 400,000sqft at the Boilerhouse at the Soapworks, Exchange Quay.
- Phase 1 of the Irish Heritage Centre at Queens Road due to open.




JANUARY 2013

Projects with exact dates

No exact dates.

Projects without exact dates

- "Pao Pao Cafe do Brasil" will open in the former Kro2 unit next to Tesco on Oxford Road.
- Work will start on 14 storey Motel One Hotel, Piccadilly
- School training people in Digital and Technology is due to open(somewhere?)
- All Star Lanes will open in the Great Northern
- "By the end of January"(yeah right) - Local TV liscense bid for Manchester is due to be submitted.
- First St North Cultural Facility due to start construction
- Eon Reality's 3D Visuals centre will open at One Central Park.
- 4 Star Meia Hotel at First St North will start construction
- Damson will open a restaurant at MediaCityUK
- St Peter's Square will start redevelopment



have a happy December, and a Merry Christmas of course!

[AJD1984]

Originally Posted by VDB

- First St North Cultural Facility due to open

Surely that should be starts construction, unless it appeared over night

Also St Peter's Square redevelopment should be starting in January according to the schedule.

Andrew

[VDB]

Always ending up with mistakes, me. I need to start proof reading!

Thanks Andrew, I'll edit both in

[VDB]

We've reached the end of 2012. Now lets look forward to 2013, January in particular. This is set to be a very exciting month (provided no setbacks occur), full of construction starts and new (interesting) openings. 2013 in itself is set to be a year of growth - particulary in Manchester's construction industry - and by the end of it I've predicted that we could see ~20 cranes on the city's skyline - which is pretty positive. Anyway, here's what's happening in January:-

Big/important projects are highlighted in bold

January 2013

Exact date(s)

- 16th - Salford CC planning meeting; a decision on 14 storey Hotel la Tour and Springfield Lane scheme/foodstore is due.


Non-exact dates

- "By the end of January"; TV liscense bid for Manchester Local TV is due to be submitted.
- Eon Reality's 3D visuals centre will open at Central Park
- Work will start on refurbishing a further 210,000sqft of office space at Soapworks - 3 "new" office blocks created.
- Damson will open a restaurant at MediaCityUK
- 4 star Meia Hotel at First St North starts construction
- Testing on Metrolink's East Manchester Line to Ashton will commence
- "Pao Pao Cafe do Brasil" will open in the former Kro2 unit next to Tesco on Oxford Road
- First St North cultural facility starts construction
- Construction starts on 14 storey MotelOne hotel at Piccadilly
- A school training students in the digital and tech industry is due to open (not sure where, I assume MediaCity?)
- All Star Lanes will open in the Great Northern

[VDB]

Didn't get chance to do the timeline for the entirety of 2013 at the end of December, and haven't had chance since, but here it is now;

By the end of this month, I'll have been doing this for a year. I think it's pretty unique across the SSC forums; no other subforum has a saddo readily available to do this for them!

So starting with February, here it is;



February 2013

Exact Dates

Feb 11th - Metrolink Line to Droylsden is set to open


Non-exact dates

- Trof will open on Peter St in Albert House - although I'm doubtful on this personally, flange will have to confirm
- Construction set to begin on National Graphene Institute
- I+Spinningfields office block was originally due to start construction this month, lets see what happens
- Gary Neville's 10 floor Hotel and Supporter's Club at Old Trafford is due to start construction.
- Malmaison hotel upgrade will begin, involving the creation of a cafe and late night bar.
- II Michelin Starred chef Simon Rogan is set to take over operations at the Midland Hotel with the refurbishment of the French Restaurant.





March 2013

Exact Dates

March 1st - All Star Lanes due to open at the Great Northern. Will include an indoor barbeque, 8 tenpin bowling lanes, a cocktail bar, 80 cover restaurant and karaoke..


Non-exact dates

- The Halle will move into St Peter's Church at Cutting Room Square, Ancoats
- TfGM Cycle Hubs will be completed in Ashton, Rochdale and Sale
- Construction on the student residential accommodation is due to begin at Birley Fields masterplan
- Dogbowl Bowling Alleys at Whitworth St West is due to open.




April 2013

Exact Dates

There are no exact dates at this current time for April


Non exact dates

- Primark Piccadilly refurbishment will finally be completed
- A BID to encourage more shoppers into Manchester city centre by extending the retail core could start this month and run for 5 years. A BID is a Business Improvement District
- Construction due to start on the 42 storey River St Tower
- Regeneration of Trinity Square and new public realm from the Avenue North to Deansgate set to complete (has this even started yet? Anyone?)
- Restaurant Bar and Grill on John Dalton St will open its new "Skybar" on the roof
- Manchester Airport's new control tower set for completion.
- Vita - 11 storey upmarket student accommodation at First St - is due to start construction.




May 2013

Exact Dates

There are no exact dates for May 2013 at this time


Non-exact dates

- The Sea Life Aquarium will open at Barton Square in the Trafford Centre
- Infastructure will be in place for a new Water Taxi service between the city and the Quays. New piers will also be in place inbetween at the Lowry Hotel, Ordsall, Clipper's Quay, IMWN and MediaCity
- Local TV Station in Manchester was originally set to be broadcasting by now, may still happen.
- Construction is set to begin at plot E3, a 6 storey residential block on Chapel St.
- Work is set to begin on Metrolink's 2CC in the city centre - *not exact, we only have "Spring 2013".
- Tim Bacon and Michelin Starred Aiden Byrne will open their new restaurant on the 2nd floor of Tower 12 - there will also be a Skylounge on the 12th floor.
- Tim Bacon's pizza restaurant - Artisan - will open on Avenue North.




June 2013

Exact Dates

5th-7th June - The Stadium Business Summit will be held in Manchester. It's "the largest dedicated meeting in the world of owners, operators and developers of the world's leading stadiums, arenas and major sports venues.


Non-exact dates

- Ordsall Chord; submission of final scheme to the planning inspectorate (ergo just more delays for a very important scheme)
- Metrolink due to open to East Didsbury this month. We know it'll open some time in 2013, and no other dates have become available, so I'll stick with June.
- Multi storey car park at First St North will start construction
- The Courthouse Development at Spinningfields is set to be complete, and 17,000 sqft of office space will be taken by the Oddfellows Society
- Ryanair will start flying 5 new routes from Manchester; to Corfu, Krakow, Lanzarote, Paphos and Tripani. 360 new jobs
- New Water Taxi service between Manchester and Salford set to start
- Australasia is set to open its new expansion upstairs with the Grand Pacific Bar and Garden. This will be located in the former Peppermint Bar unit.




July 2013

Exact Dates

July 4th to 21st - the Manchester International Festival


Non-exact dates

- Station redevelopment at Salford Crescent will be complete.
- The Central Reference Library will reopen
- The Avenue, Spinningfields; further redevelopment including new seating, new lighting, landscaping and a series of new and varied trading kiosks is set to be complete by now.




August 2013

Exact Dates

There are currently no exact dates for August 2013


Non-exact dates

- The refurbishment of Malus Court Tower in Pendleton will begin. This marks the first stage of the entire redevelopment of Pendleton.
- Central Retail Park - redevelopment set to begin with the demolition of the YMCA and Thomas Cook units here
- The Metrolink station at Queens Road is set to open
- A boutique hotel above the Albert Square Chophouse at Memorial Hall will open in Albert Square




September 2013

Exact Dates

Sept 15th - Northern Rail franchise to end.


Non-exact dates

- Work will finish on the transport interchange in Rochdale
- £100m regeneration scheme will begin in Beswick, building 522 new homes, shops and other facilities
- ITSO cards were due to be available on GM public transport by now
- The Multistorey car park at Birley Fields will complete
- A new college at MediaCityUK will open to train young professionals on the digital world, etc
- Metrolink at Victoria will begin to be affected, indicating that the major roof work will by now be ongoing
- Central Retail Park redevelopment - work is set to start on recladding of the frontage from Toys R Us to JJB Sports. Set to complete in December





October 2013

There are no dates at all currently for October 2013





November 2013

Exact Dates

There are currently no exact dates for November 2013


Non-exact dates

- 210,000sqft of office space at the refurbished Soapworks development will be completed.




December 2013

Exact Dates

There are currently no exact dates for December 2013


Non-exact dates

- Todmorden Curve will reopen allowing trains to start running from Victoria to Burnley
- Improvements to Altrincham Transport Interchange set to complete
- Network Rail's new North West headquarters in Gorton are due to be complete
- Electrification between Manchester and WCML at Newton le Willows is set to be complete; perhaps allowing trains to run from the WCML into Victoria.
- Citilabs on Oxford Road; 5floors, will be complete
- Steve Pilling - the owner of Damson - will be opening a new restaurant named "Mr Pilling's Restraunt and Chophouse" at the Courthouse on Deansgate
- Central Retail Park redevelopment - work set to complete on the recladding of frontages





Hope you all have a Happy 2013 :banana:

[js1000]

River Street Tower? April? Did they respond to your enquiry VDB?

[VDB]

Originally Posted by js1000

River Street Tower? April? Did they respond to your enquiry VDB?

No that was from a press release a few months back now. They still haven't responded

[Lookin Up]

Thanks as ever for taking the time to do this - much appreciated.

I think you will find, in the process of doing this, what the phrase 'optimism bias' means.
Still there are one or two interesting things to get our teeth in to this year.

[scproductions]

Originally Posted by VDB

February 2013

Exact Dates

Feb 11th - Metrolink Line to Droylsden is set to open


Non-exact dates

- Trof will open on Peter St in Albert House - although I'm doubtful on this personally, flange will have to confirm
- Construction set to begin on National Graphene Institute
- I+Spinningfields office block was originally due to start construction this month, lets see what happens
- Gary Neville's 10 floor Hotel and Supporter's Club at Old Trafford is due to start construction.
- Malmaison hotel upgrade will begin, involving the creation of a cafe and late night bar.
- II Michelin Starred chef Simon Rogan is set to take over operations at the Midland Hotel with the refurbishment of the French Restaurant.

Not a chance trof will open in february, they haven't even started work on the site. Its 'to let' signs are still hanging off it.

[nq]

Still needs planning permission to be granted, was showing a committee date for a while, but it looks to have had additional consultation in the last few weeks.

Vita is already showing as pending decision.

[VDB]

Time for an update.


Projects with exact dates

11th - Metrolink East Manchester Line will open as far as Droylsden
21st - Tim Bacon will begin work on his joint venture with two-Michelin Starred chef Aiden Byrne on new fine dining restaurant in Tower 12. Due to open in June.

Projects with non-exact dates

- Malmaison Hotel upgrade will begin with the creation of a new cafe and a late night bar
- Construction on Gary Neville's Hotel and Supporter's Club is due to begin in Old Trafford. 10 floors.
- Construction set to begin on the National Graphene Institute.





Also worth noting that the Construction Timeline is 1 year old today!