The private rental flats will be built across four blocks, with each block comprising a low-rise element and a taller tower.

Backed by the Mayfield Partnership – which includes developer Landsec, LCR, Manchester Council and TfGM – the scheme is designed by Studio Egret West and Shedkm.

The professional team includes cost consultant Arcadis, building services engineer WSP and structural, civil engineers Civic.

Block J1 is part 7 and part 18 storeys and J2 part 10 and part 23 storeys

Plot J will house 385 flats across two towers up to 23 storeys tall, and has been broadly estimated to cost around £110m to build.

K1 (left) will rise to 9 storeys to the park and with a 28 storeys tower behind while K2 will be 11 and 21 storeys.

Plot K will deliver 494 homes across buildings up to 28 storeys and cost around £140m

Both plots will feature podium gardens, rooftop amenity spaces, and commercial frontages to the park and the Mancunian Way.

The build-to-rent towers will use air source heat pumps and feature green/brown roofs, secure cycle stores and sustainable drainage.

Mayfield next to Piccadilly Station is becoming a key new growth area. Earlier this summer Bowmer + Kirkland kicked off building work on the first commercial major build, a 233,000 sq ft building to be known as The Republic.

The Republic (left) and Poulton, together worth around £400m

The second office building, The Poulton (95,000 sq ft), designed by Bennetts Associates, and a multi-modal transport hub featuring the city’s largest cycle parking facility will start on site in 2026.

In total the Mayfield scheme will consist of 1,700 homes, 1.6m sq ft of office space, generating thousands of jobs, a 650-bedroom hotel, retail and leisure facilities to the 24-acre site in a once-derelict part of Manchester.