00:00Hi, I'm Michelle Humphreys, Director of Strategic Projects at Manchester NHS Foundation Trust.
00:15And we're at the Manchester's New Neighbourhoods Breakfast today, and you've got a novel idea for a new neighbourhood, which is a healthy one, so could you explain a little bit about what that means?
00:24Yeah, absolutely. As part of the master planning for the new hospital scheme, which is really exciting and has government investment on the way for a brand new District General Hospital in North Manchester,
00:33we wanted to think about the NHS land in a wider strategic sense, so creating something that adds value back into the hospital,
00:41thinking about a neighbourhood that can adapt over time to people's care needs, that is an intergenerational neighbourhood,
00:47it's a vibrant neighbourhood, co-created with the community, and yeah, thinking about the fact that a healthy community is better for all of us,
00:57better for individuals, better for families, better for the NHS, and better for a new inclusive economy.
01:04And what's already been delivered, or what's to come next in the neighbourhood?
01:08Yeah, we are, the master plan was approved in 2021, we're already well underway with the master plan,
01:13we've had over ÂŁ100 million of investment into the new Northview Mental Health Facility, which is operational on site,
01:19it's winning design awards, it's a fantastic facility, but we've also had over ÂŁ70 million of new hospitals programme,
01:26enabling funding already, so we've managed to demolish some older Victorian buildings,
01:31and we've pushed up to the new multi-storey car park and cycle hub, so ready for that new hospital to come along.
01:38Hi, I'm Michael Camden, I'm an architect, I lead the architecture team within Atkins Realis' new architecture and engineering hub in the North West in Manchester.
01:48Fantastic, and one of the schemes that we've been talking about today is the GPA site on the former central retail park in Atkins Realis,
01:54so how has Atkins Realis been involved in that, and what can we expect to see there?
01:59So, Atkins Realis has led all aspects of the multidisciplinary redesign for the buildings,
02:04and we're involved with the GPA from the outset, in terms of helping them find a site,
02:08work for the flu, develop a feasibility study, work very closely with the City Council to optimise the potential for the site,
02:16whilst also fitting on the GPA's brief.
02:19It's one of a series of multi-modal hubs we've developed with the government across the country,
02:24we've developed similar projects in Croydon, York, Darlington and Birmingham,
02:29which is all about bringing, in Manchester Digital Campus, it's all about bringing together different government departments,
02:37but all focused around digital skills into one central place.
02:42We've got about 7,000 new civil servants who will be in Manchester, in a new, innovative, highly sustainable,
02:49two office buildings, of about 82,000 square metres altogether.
02:54Hi, I'm Nathan from Northern Group.
02:56Brilliant, so we're at the Manchester's New Neighbourhoods Breakfast today,
02:59and one of those exciting new neighbourhoods is Holt Town, isn't it?
03:02So, how is Northern Group involved with Holt Town?
03:05So, Holt Town is an area that we've been involved with for about eight years,
03:09so we're predominantly a landowner in Holt Town,
03:12and we've been involved in the master planning of the area,
03:16and hope to play a key role in its regeneration,
03:20and not just the regeneration, but its future placemaking,
03:25and, you know, be the owner and operator of buildings, both residential and commercial, within the area.
03:32Fantastic, and we're actually sort of in one of your buildings in New Islington today,
03:36and you've also been heavily involved in the regeneration around this area in Ancos.
03:40Yeah.
03:41So, what's that journey been like of helping to create this thriving place here?
03:45Fun, exciting, challenging,
03:48and, you know, I've been doing this for 10 years now,
03:53so you learn an awful lot about what works, what doesn't work, the challenges that you face,
03:58but, you know, we as a business like doing it.
04:03We like challenges, we like tricky things to really placemake,
04:07and you can sort of stand back and actually look at what you've done as an organisation
04:11or as part of the wider community, the wider city.
04:14So, yeah, it's, my overall, my overriding thought on it is, it's fun, it's challenging, and we enjoy it.
04:23So, I'm Hannah Turner, Director of Development and Regeneration at JLL,
04:27and we work across the Northern Region, and predominantly across Manchester and the other regional cities.
04:33Fantastic. So, you work on kind of these master plans for really exciting, large-scale regeneration projects, don't you?
04:38Yeah. So, what do you see as the kind of key ingredients that make these master plans really exciting and work?
04:44Yeah, I think key ingredients in the master plan process is definitely collaboration and partnership
04:49between the public and the private sector.
04:51We can't just rely on the public sector to get things going,
04:54we need the knowledge and the expertise from the private sector to support the public sector.
04:59I think also, given there's so many exciting developments coming forward across Greater Manchester,
05:04it's about finding your inner, the inner, the inner, sorry, the inner-tiveness around that project
05:11and what makes you different, what sets you apart.
05:13So, then that enables a project to be more attractive for funding, it makes it more attractive for occupiers,
05:19and it just gives them another really interesting place for people to come and live and visit.
05:25I am Vinny, I work for MUSE.
05:27And MUSE is working on a project in Withenshaw, which has a massive scale, doesn't it?
05:32So, what's being delivered there to kind of enhance the existing offer?
05:36Yeah, so, in terms of enhancing the existing offer, as you put it,
05:42we're really focusing in the early stages on the town centre, the civic centre,
05:48which is the shopping centre in the centre of Withenshaw,
05:51and to try and diversify the offer. It's a really strong proposition at the moment,
05:56but it's quite one-dimensional. It's a really strong retail-led offer,
06:01but there's no night-time economy to speak of.
06:04So, we're focusing the early efforts into bringing more food, drink, entertainment and leisure options
06:14for the existing residents within the community to enjoy,
06:18and then to kind of build the place as a bit of destination,
06:21which will help support bringing in expanded and new communities down the line.
