Tib Street

Tib Street in Manchester is a new residential scheme that has been appointed to Forrest Construction as the main contractor. The £28.2 million scheme in the city’s Northern Quarter as a joint venture between Factory Estates and development company Salboy.

The nine storey development has been designed by architects IDP and it consists of 183 one and two bedroom apartments with luxury penthouses. The residential let property will feature ground-floor commercial units, a rooftop garden, an internal courtyard and a 24/7 concierge service. The building will include over 14,500 square feet of retail and leisure space.

The new development is on a site that was previously a car park and will help to continue the regeneration of the Northern Quarter. During the construction of the building, Easi-Edge supplied 3490 LM of edge protection barriers for the site.

The Tib Street residential project is just one of several planned developments in the city. All of them are being designed to fit in with the character of their existing neighbourhood, and they are being created in accordance with Manchester’s design standards to deliver high quality homes. The council has a Strategic Development Framework that includes elements such as landscaped pedestrian routes that connect new projects to the city centre. Providing links and access to existing transport amenities is also an important feature of the framework, to ensure it is a fully integrated city.