Bruntwood SciTech, a partnership between Legal & General and Bruntwood, has plans to partner with the University of Manchester to deliver ID (Innovation District) Manchester, a new £1.5 billion (€1.4 billion/$2.1 billion) innovation district across 4 million square feet in the center of the city.
As part of ambitious plans to make Manchester the heart of innovation in Europe and accelerate the dissemination of the world-leading research and development spinning out of the university, the mixed-use scheme will include offices, hotels and 1,300 homes, close to Piccadilly Station. The development will also include the largest public space in the city.
The scheme will operate as an exemplar in urban regeneration, setting new benchmarks for mixed-use, net-zero carbon development. Delivered over a 15-year period, ID Manchester will support the growth of the United Kingdom’s science and technology infrastructure, creating 10,000 full-time jobs and facilitating the co
