Land Ownership	IQ currently holds a 150 year long-lease for Bainbridge House. (Private owners of the site retained the freehold interest). IQ owns the freehold of Echo Street, Lambert / Fairfield House and Warehouse One.
Adjacent Land Uses & Impact Considerations	To the north there are a mixture of uses, predominantly residential with supporting commercial uses. The Grade II* Listed London Road Fire Station is adjacent to the northern boundary. Immediately to the east is Manchester Piccadilly and the Mayfield Regeneration site (site not located within or immediately adjacent). Immediately to the south is the railway viaduct with the UoM Campus (north) beyond. To the immediate west is Grade II Listed Sackville Building (University of Manchester building) and Vimto Gardens, an important green space locally. More generally, Granby Row is a long standing, established residential community in Manchester City Centre.
Surrounding Heights / Datum	The buildings to the north rise up to a maximum of 16 storeys including Kampus and Colony Piccadilly. The existing MacDonald Hotel to the east rises to 10 storeys. Barnes Wallis building in ID Manchester / UoM Campus to the south (15 storeys). The Sackville Building to the west rises to 10 storeys. The draft framework for the site suggests that this area has the capacity to support higher density development and to provide a landmark eastern gateway into the ID site: “The Granby Row framework area is in the Whitworth Street Conservation Area, where the boundary of the Oxford Road Corridor meets the Piccadilly and Mayfield SRF areas, and within the ‘Southern Arc’ of higher density development extending from the Great Jackson Street area in the west to Mayfield in the east. The framework area is bounded by Fairfield Street and London Road, and occupies a prominent location, adjacent to Piccadilly Station and Mayfield. The site holds the potential to provide a landmark eastern gateway into ID Manchester, the Charles Street framework area, Circle Square and First Street.”