Mayfield Park to grow by three acres and will soon boast offices, cafes and a 'transport hub'

New offices and a car park will be built next to Manchester’s newest park as part of the regeneration of the Mayfield area of the city.

Two new office buildings — known as The Poulton and The Republic — will provide 320,000 sq ft of commercial space, and also will extend Mayfield Park by three acres so the blocks become enveloped by the green space. A 10-storey car park and cycle storage facility will also be built.

It will have 400 bicycle storage spaces and 487 car parking spaces, which is almost 100 fewer than the original project which was submitted for planning permission in February 2020. Bosses at the Mayfield Partnership — a joint public-private venture developing the area — said the pandemic has caused them to rethink the scheme.

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The ‘transport hub’, as it is known, will also feature a series of brick arches to mirror the existing railway viaduct that served Mayfield Depot in its days as a Royal Mail sorting facility. The ground floor arches will have ‘a full food and drink and entertainment offering… curated by Broadwick Live, operator of the Depot.’

“Since opening just a year ago Mayfield Park has set a very high standard, so it was sensible for us to ensure the original plans, which were brought forward before the pandemic, are right for the world today and will meet the highest standards,” said Laura Percy, Development Director at LandsecU+I — one of the private organisations involved in the Mayfield Partnership.

“Manchester is an evolving, ambitious and progressive city and we are determined that Mayfield should be the ‘go-to’ location for businesses