New pictures reveal how 2,000-home £1bn Salford housing development will look

Developers behind a huge 2,000 home canal-side estate in Salford have released images of how the area will look when completed.

More than 1,000 apartments on the Middlewood Locks site have already been sold, with a similar number currently in the pipeline.

At the moment there are 571 homes housing over 750 residents on the site and a further 546 properties that will be ready this summer.

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The huge project, which has a value of more than £1bn, is a joint venture between Chinese firm Scarborough International Properties and Metro Holdings Limited, a Singapore-listed property development group.

The 25-acre “urban neighbourhood” is centred around the Manchester, Bolton and Bury canal to the east of Oldfield Road in Salford.

The next phase of the project, The Railings, comprises a further 189 new houses, including waterside, three and four-bedroom, three storey townhouses, as well as a mix of one to three-bedroom apartments in two buildings of 10 and 12 storeys, on the opposite side of the canal to phases 1 and 2.

Nicola Wallis, sales and marketing director at the development, said: “We are so excited to be moving forward with our next phase on the back of selling out of all of our apartments within phases one and two. The development has been a tremendous success and we are very proud to have created a new neighbourhood with a fantastic vibrant community.

“Our aspiration was to ensure local residents had an opportunity to buy their own home in Middlewood Locks and we are very proud that, to date, a large number of our homes have been sold to owner occupiers, many of which are first time buyers, through the government-backed initiative Help to Buy.

“We have a growing number of families living in Middlewood Locks and we are seeing increasing demand for family homes close to the thriving city centre. With this in mind, we have introduced contemporary townhouses for the first time at Middlewood Locks.

“All of the new homes are situated around a private residents’ garden, making the most of the public realm and waterside location, with fantastic views towards the city.”

The construction of Middlewood Locks is expected to be fully completed by winter 2023.

For more information, visit: www.middlewood-locks.co.uk.