Morgan Sindall Lands £68m Salford Business School

Morgan Sindall has been selected as preferred partner to deliver the new £67.9m  Salford Business School in Manchester.

The project will see the demolition of Crescent House and the construction of a purpose-built 79,500 sq ft home for the Business School in its place.

The new Salford Business School is being funded by the University and delivered as part of the 240-acre Crescent Salford masterplan, led by ECF – the regeneration partnership between Muse, L&G and Homes England’s National Housing Bank – in partnership with Salford City Council and the University of Salford.

Morgan Sindall will now work with the design team through a pre-construction period running until March 2027. If planning consent is secured, work is expected to start on site in April 2027, with completion scheduled for spring 2029.

Steven Gregory, North West area director, Morgan Sindall Construction, said: “Salford is changing fast, and the University is at the heart of that change.

“The Business School will give students, local businesses and the community a place to learn, meet and develop ideas together, and we’re proud to be helping build it.”

Elsewhere on campus, plans to refurbish the Faraday building have been approved. Vacant for several years, it will be transformed into 3,500m² of high-quality, flexible workspace for the University’s professional services teams.

Charlie Alcroft, development manager at ECF, said: “The Business School is the next major step for Crescent Salford, following planning approval for Faraday and the progress being made on the acoustics laboratory.

“Bringing a new home for business education onto the Crescent will draw more students, businesses and visitors into this part of the city and help connect the campus with the communities around it.”