NEW YORK: The three hundred and fifty-ninth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.
More than 1,300 new city centre multigenerational apartments have been given the green light – despite fury that not one of them will be affordable housing.
Circle Square, on Oxford Road’s former BBC site, will include a 36-storey skyscraper, park, offices, a multi-storey car park and 677 apartments for rent. The First Street South development near the Mancunian Way comprises 624 new flats.
Neither contains any ‘affordable’ housing, despite the council’s planning policy stating it should make up at least a fifth of any development containing 15 or more units.
