Developer submits 814-home city blueprint

A developer has lodged plans to create an 814-home city scheme.

Forshaw Group hopes to create three residential towers in Salford.

The blueprint also includes a two-storey “civic marker” community pavilion for commercial, retail, hospitality and community use.

Officials say the Riverside Place venture – which would replace existing McDonald’s and Grosvenor Casino units – represents a “landmark moment” for Salford’s Ordsall waterfront area.

They add it would support more than 1000 construction jobs and deliver a £24 million boost to shops and services.

Lyndon Forshaw, chief executive at Bolton-based Forshaw Group, said: “The plans are focused on community integration with the existing Ordsall neighbourhood, providing a community pavilion at the heart of the scheme.

“We have also increased the area of public realm on the Regent Road frontage and improve shared amenity space for new residents.”

The plans were submitted to Salford City Council by Manchester-based Euan Kellie Property Solutions. 

James Ketley, Euan Kellie Property Solutions associate director, said: “The proposed development is situated in a fantastic waterfront location that capitalises on direct pedestrian routes to nearby Salford Quays and Manchester city centre.”

The development blueprint was designed by DLA Architecture.

Jonathan Knowles, director at Leeds, Manchester and London-based DLA Architecture, added: “Riverside Place is about establishing a new piece of Salford that feels open and genuinely connected to the community socially, physically and environmentally.” 

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