Hundreds of homes and new community centre at old Manchester City stadium site
08.03.2023 - 20:47
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Plans to build hundreds of homes and a new community centre on land where Manchester City's stadium once stood have been approved. This site which was home to the football club's Hyde Road stadium in West Gorton is now set to become housing with a new building to be used by a local community group.
City played at the stadium from 1897 until they moved to Maine Road in 1923. The site in Bennett Street, which is now a freight depot, has been earmarked to be developed into housing for decades, but previous plans fell through.
The latest plans for the Olympic Freight Terminal site include a community centre and a pocket park. A community shop offering cheaper groceries is expected to use the purpose-built centre alongside another local group.
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Dubbed the Gateway, the development is expected to take around four years to complete and will provide 858 construction jobs with a promise to hire as many local people as possible. Work is expected to start on site later this year.
Kellen Homes chief executive Ian Kelley said: “This is a significant boost for the community, and we are very pleased to be able to now start work on this important scheme. We will be providing quality new homes for local people and creating new jobs, investment and a large area of public green space for everyone to enjoy and benefit from. Kellen builds communities through carefully designed homes and neighbourhoods and I am delighted that this area is set to benefit from this investment and the new homes.”
West Gorton Community Room - hosts activities for toddlers, youths and over-50s - is in talks with the developer about moving into a one-storey building on the
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