The skyward rise of Manchester, where Veritas Surveying is based near, shows little sign of abating. Wherever there's a brownland gap, a lift shaft is seen emerging like daffodils in spring. The Beetham Tower on Deansgate began the upward rise almost 20 years ago and that now is dwarfed by glass monoliths at Deansgate Square, and on the banks of the river Irwell in Salford.

The very latest development is set for the area lying south of Great Ancoats Street, the busy ring road.

Here, on the edge of the Northern Quarter, One Port Street is nearing completion and if the new tenants and owners are delighted by being close to Urban Exchange, with a Pure Gym, Aldi, Go Outdoors and M and S Clearance Outlet, perhaps they need to enjoy this whilst they can.

Plans are in place to flatten this small retail park, and construct a mixed use development that will stretch past the Stocktons furniture store and add a Deansgate Square - Spinningfields panache to this hugely desirable part of town.

Across the road, there is the trendy neighbourhood of Ancoats with Cutting Room Square at its core, with New Islington Marina, a basin connecting the Rochdale and Ashton Canals, already established as a very desirable area to live.

East Village, as it is called, has lofty ambitions:

By 2030, it aims to become " a socially diverse neighbourhood at the heart of Piccadilly. It will display the best qualities of a liveable place, anchored by accessible green and open spaces co-located with business, commercial and residential space which will contribute equally to the areas’ vitality and identity.

It will be leading the process of redefining the wider East Village area as a unique and playful quarter of the city centre with which it will be effectively integrated. It will be known for having seta new standard in innovative and sustainable design and place making in the heart of the city."

With a Green Quarter, a Knowledge Quarter, a Gateway village in Miles Platting, the under construction Collyhurst Village, and the towers being formed near Strangeways, East Village won't raise any eyebrows. There's new towers going up close to the Mancunian Way and two perched near the iconic Beetham Tower, with one only a matter of feet from the Deansgate pub.

Close to the Sir Ralph Abercromby pub, Gary Neville's "Relentless" group, federated with Salboy, is seeing "The Residences" well under way.

With the demand for city centre living seemingly insatiable in Manchester, perhaps East Village is needed.

Developers, construction companies and investors may be rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of East Village, though there is a feeling, amongst native Mancunians and others, that "town" is becoming unaffordable as a place to rent or buy, with demand outstripping supply.

Manchester has also become a tourist destination in its own right - famed for its friendliness, diverse food and drink scene, its music, art galleries, cinemas and theatres, and night life - demand for hotel accommodation is outstripping supply too.

On Rochdale Road, just up from Shudehill, work has begun next to the historic Baptist Church - and this is purported to becoming a new Premier Inn.

Now with all this development, there will be inevitable issues.

At Veritas Surveying, we specialise in: Expert Witness Reports, Quantity Surveying and Construction Disputes.

East Village may provide much needed accommodation for the city of almost 1 million people, but if there's bumps along the construction road, Richard is happy to offer professional advice on East Village and indeed other developments across the UK.

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