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North Manchester General Hospital – Healthy Neighbourhood
The North Manchester General Hospital Healthy Neighbourhood is a long‑term regeneration programme transforming a major NHS estate into an integrated, mixed‑use neighbourhood. Alongside a new hospital and clinical facilities, the programme will deliver affordable and key‑worker homes, community health uses, research and innovation space and high‑quality public realm.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and Bruntwood appointed CBRE to provide strategic commercial and delivery advice across this complex, multi‑phase programme. CBRE’s role has focused on shaping a deliverable, fundable regeneration approach that supports healthcare investment while addressing wider social, housing, and place‑making objectives.
A central challenge was integrating development activity with the operational requirements of a live hospital, while sequencing delivery to align with funding availability and enabling works. CBRE’s advice established a phased delivery framework that prioritises early, fundable development while protecting long‑term flexibility.
CBRE led development strategy and viability work to test appropriate mixes of residential, healthcare‑related, and commercial uses, establishing a governance framework to manage reinvestment, affordability, and long‑term value. This included ring‑fencing receipts to support fewer viable elements and protect social outcomes over time.
Funding and investment advice focused on blending public‑sector grant, patient capital, and long‑income investment models to support affordable, supported and key‑worker housing, alongside specialist healthcare‑related uses. Delivery routes and procurement options were tested to ensure compliance, competition, and value for money, while maintaining public control over quality and outcomes.
The programme also places strong emphasis on long‑term stewardship, public realm quality, and social infrastructure, ensuring the neighbourhood functions as an integrated extension of both the hospital estate and surrounding communities.
The North Manchester General Hospital Healthy Neighbourhood demonstrates how healthcare‑led regeneration can be structured to deliver wider place‑based outcomes, aligning health investment, housing delivery, and long‑term stewardship to support inclusive, resilient place‑led growth.
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