The ugly car park to be replaced by skyscrapers celebrating nearby architecture

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An ugly car park that dominated Manchester’s landscape is set to be replaced by skyscrapers celebrating an architectural gem.

The Charles Street multi-storey is set to be demolished under the £1.7b ‘Sister’ development plan for the university’s North Campus and replaced by a tower block. The part-38, part-10, and part-eight storey building will contain 1,041 student bedrooms and commercial units on the ground floor, developer RG Real Estate says.

Its white facades were inspired by nearby listed modernist icon, the Renold Building, with other elements nodding to the French renaissance-style Sackville Building around the corner, architect Stephen Hodder told the Local Democracy Reporting Service .

“We’ve drawn inspiration from the area’s remarkable architectural heritage