Angel Gardens Explained

Angel Gardens
Status:Completed
Location:Rochdale Road, Manchester
Start Date:January 2017
Completion Date:2019
Floor Count:35
Building Type:Residential skyscraper
Roof:110m (360feet)[1]
Developer:Caddick (following the collapse of Carillion)
Coordinates:53.4869°N -2.2363°W

Angel Gardens is a 110m (360feet) tall, 35-storey skyscraper of 466 rental apartments in Manchester, England. As of February 2024, it is the 16th-tallest building in Greater Manchester.

It forms part of the 20acres NOMA redevelopment. In January 2017, the investor Apache Capital Partners and the developer Moda Living secured £85 million in financing from the German bank Deutsche Pfandbriefbank.[2] [3]

Following the collapse of the main contractor Carillion on 15 January 2018, construction was put on hold;[4] [5] two weeks later, the contract was transferred to Caddick Construction and construction re-commenced.[6]

Angel Gardens was co-designed by architects Fuse Studios and HAUS Collective.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NOMA-Angel Gardens . Skyscraper Center . 5 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Schouten. Charlie. 16 January 2017. Finance deal secured for Carillion and Moda's £153m Angel Gardens in Manchester. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170117140657/https://www.constructionnews.co.uk/buildings/contracts/finance-secured-for-carillions-153m-angel-gardens-16-01-2017/. 17 January 2017. 16 January 2017. Construction News.
  3. News: Begum. Shelina. 2017-01-16. £85m funding secured from German bank for residential skyscraper in Manchester. Manchester Evening News. 16 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Morby. Aaron. 18 January 2018. Construction stops on scores of Carillion projects. Construction Enquirer.
  5. Web site: Carillion: £1bn-worth of projects stopped in wake of collapse . Construction News . 17 January 2018.
  6. News: Caddick replaces Carillion on Angel Gardens. 29 January 2018. The Construction Index. 29 January 2018.
  7. Web site: Angel Gardens. Haus Collective. 12 January 2019.