Plans including a new 'urban oasis' and 'highline' go on show to the public this week

Plans for a £300m transformation of the city's Grade II-listed Great Northern Warehouse have been revealed, ahead of a public consultation event on Thursday 10 August.

The new designs - drawn up by a team of consultants including masterplanner Will Alsop’s aLL Design, architect SimpsonHaugh, Altrincham-based landscape specialists Planit-IE and interior architect Johnson Naylor - include filling in the amphitheatre, creating a new 'urban oasis'; a new retail and leisure street, Dean Street, running parallel to Deansgate (on the site of B.Eat Street); construction of a pedestrianised 'highline' on top of the former railway lines; and the conversion of the upper two storeys into 100 'warehouse style' apartments.

Since acquiring the Great Northern in 2013, Trilogy Real Estate and the Hong Kong-based Peterson Group have sought to 'bring back to life what is a strategically important and historically significant site'.

Robert Wolstenholme of Trilogy Real Estate said: “The Great Northern should represent the best of the North. It offers one of the most significant regeneration opportunities in Manchester city centre. Our vision is to create a new urban quarter that reflects Manchester’s standing as a truly global city, celebrating our built heritage and fulfilling the site’s potential as a destination for the culture, business and everyday life of Manchester.”