Vita Group have announced exciting plans to develop a 34-storey, 860 room tower for student accommodation on the First Street development in Manchester that is being overseen by Ask Real Estate, a JV partner of the Richardson family business.

Designed by Tim Groom Architects, the development would be built on the corner of Hulme Street and Medlock Street in the city’s First Street district.
Vita Group has submitted a planning application for the project, which features 34-storey and 12-storey elements. Study and social spaces, as well as a gym, are included in the development.
The project is situated on Plot 9b at First Street next door to the GPA’s 100,000 sq ft office and close to another Vita/Groom collaboration, House of Social.
Currently under construction, the 14-storey House of Social will provide 576 student beds and a food hall on the ground floor.
Vita completed its inaugural First Street student scheme a decade ago and the plans for Plot 9b would see the developer complete a hat-trick of PBSA projects at First Street, taking the number of Vita beds in one of Manchester’s fastest growing student clusters to nearly 2,000 in total.
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