The Blade is a 153-metre (503 ft), 51-storey residential skyscraper on Silvercroft Street in Manchester, England. The building is part of the second phase of the Crown Street development area at the southern end of Deansgate in the city centre, behind the Deansgate Square skyscraper cluster. It was designed by SimpsonHaugh architects, and constructed between 2021 and 2023. , it is the ninth-tallest building in Greater Manchester, and slightly shorter than its sister tower Three60.
History Planning The planning application was submitted to Manchester City Council in April 2020 for two adjacent towers, The Blade and The Cylinder (the latter subsequently renamed Three60), to form the second phase of developer Renaker's Crown Street development, consisting of a combined total of 855 apartments across of residential space. The Blade contains 414 apartments. The towers are to be connected at the lower levels by a podium containing of commercial space.
Planning approval was obtained in July 2020.
Construction
Construction of the building commenced in 2021 and completed in 2023.
The site of the two towers covers and is next to Chester Road roundabout and the Mancunian Way.
See also
Elizabeth Tower, adjacent tower which comprises the first phase of the Crown Street development area List of tallest buildings and structures in Greater Manchester List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom
References
External links
The Blade via Renaker Build The Blade via SimpsonHaugh