RegenerationManchester
St John’s, Manchester: regeneration plans, status and map.
A creative district on the former Granada Studios site off Quay Street, anchored by Aviva Studios, home of Factory International, with workspace, homes and new public space. Manchester City Council is developing it with a private partner.
Partly openManchester City Council · as at October 2026
What is planned, and where it stands
Each line as published by the body named, with the date it was published.
Aviva Studios, the home of Factory International, opened on 18 October 2023.
The University of Manchester, October 2023Aviva Studios has a 21m-high warehouse holding up to 5,000 people standing and a hall for up to 1,600 seated, and is expected to attract up to 850,000 visitors a year.
Manchester City Council, undated, read October 2026Enterprise City, the commercial part of the masterplan, will provide 560,000 sq ft of workspace.
Manchester City Council, undated, read October 2026The council’s regeneration framework for St John’s plans 2,500 new homes and 400,000 to 500,000 sq ft of workspace.
Manchester City Council, November 2016
Our developments nearest St John’s
The 3 developments we sell nearby, nearest first. Drive times by road without traffic, and walking times, routed over OpenStreetMap (OSRM).
St John’s on the map
The scheme, our developments and the stations, schools and hospitals round it. Nearest stops: Salford Central station (550 m), Deansgate-Castlefield Metrolink (600 m), St Peter’s Square Metrolink (1000 m), Cornbrook Metrolink (1.1 km), as the crow flies.
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- 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
- Salford CentralPartly openOffices, homes and public space round Salford Central station, across the Irwell from Spinningfields.Source: Salford City Council
The guides, and the other schemes nearby
- GuideDeansgate: the area guide
- GuideManchester regeneration: the investor tracker
- Partly openVictoria North
- Partly openMayfield
- PlannedHolt Town
- Partly openSister (ID Manchester)
- Partly openGreat Jackson Street
- Partly openSalford Central
- Partly openCrescent Salford
- Partly openPomona Island
- PlannedOld Trafford regeneration
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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