Central Manchester Development Corporation area

The Central Manchester Development Corporation was established in 1988 to develop parts of eastern

Manchester Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...

. Its flagship developments included the

Bridgewater Hall The Bridgewater Hall is a concert venue in Manchester city centre, England. It cost around £42 million to build in the 1990s, and hosts over 250 performances a year. It is home to the 165-year-old Hallé Orchestra as well as to the Hallé ...

concert auditorium. During its lifetime, 1.5 m sq.ft. of non-housing development and 2,583 housing units were built. Around 4,944 new jobs were created and some £303m of private finance was leveraged. Nearly of derelict land was reclaimed with of new roads and footpaths established. The Chairman was Dr James Grigor and the Chief Executive was John Glester. It was dissolved in 1996.

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Organisations based in Manchester Organizations established in 1988 Organizations disestablished in 1996 Defunct public bodies of the United Kingdom Development Corporations of the United Kingdom 1988 establishments in England {{England-company-stub