RegenerationManchester

Great Jackson Street, Manchester: status, map and travel times.

The cluster of residential towers round Deansgate Square at the south of the city centre, which the council now calls New Jackson, with a school, a GP surgery, a park and a riverside walk along the Medlock. About half of it is built.

The full guideDeansgate: the area guide

Partly openManchester City Council · as at October 2026

Where it stands

Each line as published by the body named, with the date it was published.

  1. Development in the Great Jackson Street framework area has delivered around half of what could ultimately be more than 7,000 new homes.

    Manchester City Council, March 2026
  2. The council plans residential amenities and new public space along the River Medlock, supported by a new primary school, GP surgery, park and shops.

    Manchester City Council, undated, read October 2026
  3. Crown Street Primary School opened in September 2024, the first new school in Manchester city centre for nearly 20 years.

    The Laurus Trust, September 2024

Our developments nearest Great Jackson Street

The 3 developments we sell nearby, nearest first. Drive times by road without traffic, and walking times, routed over OpenStreetMap (OSRM).

Great Jackson Street on the map

The scheme, our developments and the stations, schools and hospitals round it. Nearest stops: Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink (300 m), Manchester Oxford Road (650 m), St Peter’s Square Metrolink (900 m), Cornbrook Metrolink (1.1 km), as the crow flies.

New projects around Great Jackson Street
  • MayfieldPartly openOffices, homes and the city’s first new park in a century, beside Piccadilly.Source: Manchester City Council
  • St John’sPartly openA new neighbourhood on the former Granada Studios site, anchored by Aviva Studios, home of Factory International.Source: Manchester City Council
  • Sister (ID Manchester)PlannedThe innovation district of offices, labs and homes on the former UMIST campus beside Piccadilly, renamed Sister in 2024.Source: The University of Manchester
  • Great Jackson StreetPartly openThe tower cluster round Deansgate Square, at the south of the centre, where more homes are being built.Source: Manchester City Council
  • Salford CentralPartly openOffices, homes and public space round Salford Central station, across the Irwell from Spinningfields.Source: Salford City Council

Status as published by Manchester City Council and the bodies cited; each fact links to its source. Travel times routed over OpenStreetMap (OSRM), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map charted 20 October 2026.

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