Manchester will soon be home to the tallest skyscraper outside London after plans for a 76-storey tower were approved.
The high rise in Deansgate will house a 160-bed hotel and restaurant alongside 452 homes.
It will be delivered by property developers Salboy Group and luxury lifestyle brand Nobu.
Planning permission for the scheme was approved by the Manchester City Council planning committee on Thursday.
The project, which is the second phase of the large-scale project titled Viadux, will also see a smaller 23 storey high-rise built next door, and is set to cost £360 million.
Nobu Hospitality has two hotels in London, but this is the firm’s foray into luxury homes in the UK.
The company was founded in 1994 by Hollywood legend Robert De Niro along with Nobu Matsuhisa and Meir Teper.
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It initially focused on restaurants serving high-end Japanese-Peruvian fusion food, before adding hotels to its international portfolio.
Simon Ismail, managing director of Salboy, said: ‘Viadux promises to deliver a neighbourhood of high-quality design-led homes that meet Manchester’s substantial need for accommodation at a range of price points and tenure types while bringing to the Manchester cityscape a truly crowning feature.’
Trevor Horwell CEO of Nobu Hospitality said: ‘Manchester is a vibrant, world-class city, and we’re proud to be part of a project that will bring the Nobu experience to this destination through a truly exceptional mixed-use project.
‘Alongside our signature Nobu Hotel and Restaurant, the Nobu Residences will offer a unique opportunity to live the Nobu lifestyle.
‘It represents the kind of visionary development we seek-integrated, design-led, and rooted in cultural and community connection.’
Plans for the ‘architecturally ambitious’ 246 metre structure – which will be called Nobu Manchester – were first drawn up in 2017 by Manchester born architects SimpsonHaugh.
Viadux’s initial phase – a 40-storey tower with 370 apartments – was completed early last year. All the homes have sold.
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