{"id":7378,"date":"2026-02-05T10:22:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/?p=7378"},"modified":"2026-02-05T10:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T10:22:47","slug":"manchesters-thriving-student-scene-is-boosting-the-citys-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/manchesters-thriving-student-scene-is-boosting-the-citys-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester\u2019s thriving student scene is boosting the city\u2019s construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester boasts the highest graduate retention rate outside of London in the UK, and has five acclaimed academic institutions in the city. Renowned as an education powerhouse, Manchester\u2019s strong student and graduate population contributes to the city\u2019s economic success, and the construction progress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over 120,000 students a year descend on Manchester, and as these student numbers grow Manchester&#8217;s leading research and educational institutions are driving investment in the city centre.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">John Cooper, real estate and infrastructure partner at Deloitte, said <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester has become an internationally-renowned city for science, technology and innovation, with its region\u2019s universities welcoming thousands of students every year. With over two million sq ft of space delivered since the Corridor\u2019s Spatial Strategy endorsement in 2017, the city\u2019s innovation district is helping to drive world leading research and stimulate regional growth.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manchester\u2019s Oxford Road corridor is the city\u2019s hub for tech and education, with innovative site Sister, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University all located in the city.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The latest Deloitte Manchester Regional Crane Survey revealed the 2026 construction pipeline in the city remains strong as the city centre\u2019s population continues to grow. In 2026, 5,500 residential units are expected to complete, marking the second highest figure since the Manchester Crane Survey began, and a further 15,332 homes have planning permission, providing a significant pipeline.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester boasts the highest graduate retention rate outside of London in the UK, and has five acclaimed academic institutions in the city. Renowned as an education powerhouse, Manchester\u2019s strong student&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6377,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7378","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7378"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7380,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7378\/revisions\/7380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaliving-circlesquare.com\/north\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}