en.Wedoany.com Reported - RG Real Estate plans to demolish the Charles Street car park in Manchester and build a student accommodation project on the site, including a 38-storey tower. The project, selected by Bruntwood SciTech and the University of Manchester, is located on a gateway plot of the former UMIST campus, which is being developed into a £1.7 billion innovation district.

Designed by Hodder + Partners, the project comprises 1,041 beds (PBSA) at the corner of Charles Street and Sackville Street, adjacent to the viaduct, on a site referred to as Plot H within the Sister masterplan. The development includes three building volumes of 8, 10, and 38 storeys, with a mix of studios and cluster apartments. A public consultation was held late last year before the planning application was submitted.

The wider project team includes Layer Studio, Deloitte, Roscoe, HGCE, Civic Heritage, Civic, Blackbird Consulting, Stephen Levrant HA, Synergy, Buro Happold, GIA Surveyors, Tyler Grange, Ashton Fire, Project Four, and Counter Context.

RG Real Estate has delivered or is delivering PBSA projects in London, Bristol, and Nottingham. The company is part of the larger RG Group, which recently completed a 35-storey Build-to-Rent (BTR) project for Cortland in Birmingham. The group has also previously worked in Manchester, completing Swan House for Ridgeback and Round Hill Capital, as well as the £165 million Fairfax project for Olympian Homes.

Darren Simmons, Development Director at RG Real Estate, said: "Following an extensive design development process led by our architects Hodder + Partners, we have submitted a planning application to transform this underutilised site. The thoughtful design will deliver high-quality student accommodation while providing over an acre of new public space and active ground-floor spaces for local residents to enjoy, all located at the doorstep of major transport hubs and the city's leading universities. Our project will support the reactivation of Altrincham Street as part of the wider Sister masterplan and form a gateway to a thriving new city-centre neighbourhood."

The project is adjacent to another high-density student accommodation proposal: IQ's redevelopment of the Western Halls and Pendulum Hotel site, which calls for buildings of 50, 32, 24, and 18 storeys.

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