New images of plans to build 207 apartments and 13 townhouses on derelict industrial land off Ordsall Lane have been submitted to Salford City Council.
The applicants are housebuilders Beaumont Morgan Ltd with Fortis Developments acting as developers.
The application site, 59,000sq ft of former industrial storage space between Dyer Street, Everard Street and Worrall Lane, sits next door to the Lamba Court and Steele House apartment developments on the banks of the Manchester Ship Canal.
At the moment, the parcel of land is an overgrown jungle of vacant land.
The plans show two L-shaped blocks, each seven storeys tall, with communal gardens sitting in between.
The apartments – 86 one-bed, 90 two-bed and 13 three-bed flats, along with 13 townhouse – are now being offered for sale off-plan by buy to let developers Knight Knox, from £104,995 for a studio flat up to £164,995 for three-bed townhouses.
They’re being offered for sale on a 250-year leasehold, with Fortis Developments retaining full ownership.
A flythrough video by Knight Knox states: “Situated on Ordsall Lane, one of Salford’s most emerging residential areas.”
Knight Knox have a hand in most of the major residential schemes being touted to the council in the past 18 months.
They announced earlier this week that the first phase of the £75m Adelphi Wharf, a new build scheme of 206 flats, also with Fortis, over at the River Irwell off Chapel Street, had sold out nearly two years before it’s completed.
It’s boom time for developers in Salford, and housing developers are targeting parcels of unused land on Ordsall Lane as new business starts to move back to the area.
Knight Knox’s Commercial Director Andy Philips put the national rise in private housing prices down to spiking surge interest from private investors.
He said yesterday: “2015 is proving to be a very exciting year for Salford, due to significant investment into the city’s regeneration.”
In June, telecoms giant TalkTalk, and government department the Home Office announced plans to open offices at the Soapworks business park, and work continues apace to build Capital & Centric
Fortis’ own management company, Fortis Lettings and Management, will let and manage the blocks.
A decision is expected from Salford City Council planners in early October.
The planning application, submitted in May, is for land owned by commerical real estate firm Colliers International, which has offices in Manchester city centre.
