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Circle Square is an area of
Oxford Road site. The site was acquired by Bruntwood in March 2015 with plans to transform the site into a commercially led mixed-use development scheme. Following approval of the masterplan by
Official Circle Square Website
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Circle Square is an area of Manchester
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City Centre on Oxford Road, in North West England. It is a 2.4 million sq ft development consisting of commercial buildings, student residential, private rented residential, retail and leisure space and a large public realm. Circle Square is a joint venture between Vita Group and Bruntwood
Bruntwood is a family-owned property company offering office space, serviced offices, retail space and virtual offices in the north of England and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. They own several high-profile buildings in the Manchester area, as ...
SciTech. It is estimated to have cost £750 million.
History
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, Vita Group was chosen as joint venture partner to deliver the residential element of the scheme.
Present day
Hatch, aPop-up retail
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area is in Circle Square. Opened in March 2018, Hatch is a curated space for independent traders and retailers, offering short term, flexible leases. In June 2019 Hatch expanded from 10 to 30 units. Hatch currently houses over 30 independent businesses.
The Manchester Tech Incubator is in Circle Square.
The housing and accommodation at Circle Square is provided by Vita Group. Vita Student consists of student accommodation and Vita Living provides private rented apartments. The first two Vita Student buildings opened in September 2017 and the third in September 2019. The three buildings contain 1,100 apartments.
The second phase of development opened in 2021 and includes Vita Living East which opened in January 2021, and Vita Living North which opened in September 2021.
The two commercial buildings, No.1 and No.2 Circle Square, opened in March 2021. No.1 Circle Square stands at 12 storeys high, while No.2 Circle Square is at 16 storeys.
The commercial buildings' tenants include Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (HPE) is an American multinational information technology company based in Spring, Texas, United States.
HPE was founded on November 1, 2015, in Palo Alto, California, as part of the splitting of the H ...
(HPE), Hilti
Hilti Corporation (Hilti Aktiengesellschaft or Hilti AG, also known as Hilti Group) is a Liechtensteiner multinational company that develops, manufactures, and markets products for the construction, building maintenance, energy and manufacturi ...
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The commercial and residential buildings surround ‘Symphony Park’, designed by landscape architects Planit. and includes 187 semi-mature trees and over 1,000 plants, flowers and shrubs.
Future developments
Plans are in progress to build a third commercial building, No.3 Circle Square, which will stand at 12 storeys. It is expected that construction work on No.3 Circle Square will begin in 2022.References
External links
Official Circle Square Website
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