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Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

Mercure Leeds Centre is set to open this...

Indigo coming to Chester

Indigo coming to Chester

Construction has started on the new...

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group is planning to open a new...

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata plan new London Hotel

Dalata Hotel Group will be the operators of a...

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

New Hotel opens in Glasgow

  A new hotel has just opened in...

  • Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

    Mercure Leeds Centre opens September

  • Indigo coming to Chester

    Indigo coming to Chester

  • Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

    Dalata plan new Manchester Hotel

  • Dalata plan new London Hotel

    Dalata plan new London Hotel

  • New Hotel opens in Glasgow

    New Hotel opens in Glasgow

Developers, Allied London, have unveiled plans to create a new cultural centre on the former Granada Studios site in Spinningfields in the centre of Manchester. Named ‘The Factory Manchester’ after Manchester's Factory Records, it could be open by 2019.

The Factory Manchester will be a large scale, ultra-flexible arts space with standing capacity for 5000 people and the capability to transform into a 2200-seater theatre. It will also become the permanent home of the Manchester International Festival.

In October 2014 the same company revealed plans for the Manchester Grande - a 200-bedroom hotel and entertainment complex in the same area.

More details on The Factory Manchester will be announced in early 2015.