Manera Apartments

This high-quality residential development has created apartments in the redundant upper floors of the empty Daisy and Tom toy store on Deansgate, Manchester.

The scheme created fifteen apartments of varying sizes on the redundant second, third and fourth floor levels of the building. Fronting Deansgate and King Street West in the centre of Manchester, the location is desirable for city centre living, with easy access to a rich variety of shops restaurants and transport connections.

The second floor apartments are single storey and duplex apartments are located on third floor level. The internal layout of each of the apartments took into account the conservation area setting and aimed to make minimal alteration to the external fabric of the building.

The internal layouts were also improved in comparison to an earlier scheme, through the addition of one extra apartment. This was achieved without compromising on the overall floor space or communal areas. Work completed in 2013 with most apartments sold off plan.