Manchester Digital Campus Gets Green Light

Manchester Digital Campus has been given planning consent and will be a state-of-the-art hub constructed on the former Central Retail Park in Ancoats.

The campus will bring together a number of Civil Service departments with a focus around digital skills and create significant employment opportunities and economic benefits in the region.

The complex was given the go ahead by the Government Property Agency’s (GPA) scheme at a meeting

Mark Bourgeois, CEO at the GPA, said:

We are delighted with the decision and are grateful for the support of the many stakeholders in Manchester. The GPA team is proud to be working on this exciting project in support of the Government’s growth mission.

We are pleased to be working with Manchester City Council on these regeneration  plans, and look forward to creating fantastic and sustainable workplaces to support the transformation of the Civil Service.

This proposed development, builds on the work MCC and the GPA undertook last year in putting in place an updated Strategic Regeneration Framework, and the shared ambition to regenerate the Ancoats former retail site, creating employment and wider business opportunities, supported by the digital campus.