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Developer Allied London has been granted planning approvals to proceed with their five-tower Trinity Islands scheme, a major mixed-use project that will have a dramatic effect on the Manchester skyline. Branded as a vertical village, the development will house 1,400 residential units and a number of shops, bars, gallery spaces, and pedestrian trails.
The Child Graddon Lewis-designed project will be commanded by a 67-storey skyscraper, which at a height of 213 metres, will become the tallest building in the city. The distinction currently belongs to the 169-metre-tall Beetham Tower, which was completed in 2006. The central skyscraper will also eclipse the roof of the 64-storey building currently under construction as part of another multi-tower development.
Despite winning permission from the city, several heritage groups registered their concerns with the project, citing its height and stature as out of step with the neighbourhood. More specifically, the Victorian Society and Georgian Group objected to the potential harm the project would cause on the character of the nearby Castlefield Conservation Area, which contains the Liverpool Road Station, the terminus of the world's first inter-city railway.
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