Why invest in Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo,

Anticipated 50% Capital Growth on Completion 2011
Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, - Strong Rental Yield
Media City (BBC relocation to Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, ) will create 15,000 jobs in 2011
Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, - Manchester's London Docklands
Media City will contribute around £1.5 billion to the regional economy
Increasing the population of successful young professionals
Creating an increased demand for luxury properties
In 2011 Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, will be regarded as 'The place to live and work'
Fastest growing city in the UK - population set to double in the next 10 years
Excellent transport links

Present..

Offering many high specification modern office buildings at competitive rates, Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, has developed into a prime business location, and according to the latest figures is now home to over 160,000 sq m of office stock.

The development includes a wide variety of retail and leisure facilities. The Quays is an attractive waterfront location and is already home to companies such as BUPA, Royal Bank of Scotland, Barclays Bank, Citi Bank, Marks & Spencer, JT International, Avis Europe and many more. Whilst also across the water in a five minute walk you can be at Old Trafford, home to Manchester United Football Stadium.

The latest developments in Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, include the Lighthouse building, which offers 5,989 sq metres of office space in an excellent location, and the Digital World Centre, a high-specification office development located opposite the Lowry, that has been designed for companies looking to take full advantage of the latest digital technology.

Future

The UK's first Media City - Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, , Manchester

Other Global Media Cities include Singapore, Copenhagen, Seoul & Dubai

Creative industries are now recognised important for economic growth with the emergence of new media cities; areas where creativity is capital. The global market in creative industries is valued at $1.3 trillion.

Creative talent fused with new technology is developing new products and services on a daily basis. These industries need space to grow.

MediaCity:UK is a new media city, an innovative, creative hub, to rival other new media cities emerging around the world.

MediaCity:UK is surrounded by water. At its heart is a triangle of iconic buildings, The Lowry, Imperial War Museum and a new media complex, home to the BBC.

A new network of tightly knit streets, squares and boulevards will cascade down into a huge waterfront piazza, a place to watch the sunset, enjoy a drink or a concert, and have some great conversations.

MediaCity:UK, based at Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, , is Manchester's waterfront. It enjoys all the benefits of the City Centre, with the space for an explosion of new media and creative industries.

MediaCity:UK is for people of all ages to live, to work, to learn, to create, to think, to relax, to visit, to enjoy.and to dream.

A major BBC presence in the North will attract not just other producers; it will stimulate and attract a huge range of media-related activity from advertising to design, video games to music and new media not yet invented.

Media City:UK has 200 acres of space in and around an established waterfront with space for the BBC and other major broadcasters, space for big media corporations and a myriad of smaller creative businesses.

Affordable space and support will be provided for independents, ICT and creative businesses to interact, expand and flourish. Universities and skills providers across the North of England have been brought together to provide research, training and education to stimulate the competitiveness of creative industries within Media City:UK

Transport Links

Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, is served by public transport - including the Metro Link that runs through the heart of the Quays taking you to Manchester City Centre in 12 minutes. - Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, also benefits from good links to the M60 orbital motorway, particularly via the M62 motorway spur.

Exchange Quay stop serves this development, the nearby residential area, Ordsall Hall Museum, as well as the Copthorne Hotel, offices, bars and restaurants.

After crossing Trafford Road the route reaches Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, stop, located between St Peter Basin and Trafford Road.

Between Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, and Anchorage stops the route crosses Furness Withy Viaduct over the car parks at Custom House and Furness House. This 250 metre long viaduct structure includes a 100 metre reinforced in situ concrete curved bridge section. Note that there is no direct pedestrian route between Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, and Anchorage stops.

Anchorage stop is to the east of the Anchorage development at the end of Erie Basin. The stop serves this and nearby developments, also residents of north Ordsall.

Harbour City stop and the route is on a reserved alignment between the architecturally striking Victoria office building and its multi-storey car park. These are on the north bank of the Erie Basin.

The Lowry Centre at present Harbour City is the closest stop to the Lowry Centre. Plans exist for the short spur line, shown yellow on the diagram, to a stop at the Lowry Centre.

The developers of Media-City, which is to be opposite the Lowry Centre in Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, , have suggest routing this Metrolink spur into the heart of Media-City.

Sport

The Salford ITU World Cup Triathlon

The Salford ITU World Cup Triathlon was the first ITU World Cup ever to be held in the UK.

If you're new to triathlon, then you're about to fall in love with a whirlwind of a sport. If you're familiar with triathlon already, you can relive the excitement of previous events including the 2002 Commonwealth Games and the 2003, 2004 and 2005 ITU World Cup races. Triathlon is exciting: it's demanding, it's extreme. It's also one of the fastest growing sports in the world!

No trip to The Quays would be complete without a visit to the state of the art Watersports Centre. This facility was built largely with lottery funding and is managed by Salford Leisure Trust. Activities range from single taster sessions to six week sport specific training courses in canoeing, kayaking, climbing, orienteering, windsurfing and sailing. The centre also has two bookable seminar/teaching rooms.

Salford University plans to join BBC at Media City . . .

Following news that the BBC is to relocate several of its departments to Salford, the University of Salford has announced innovative proposals to move parts of its Faculty of Arts, Media & Social Sciences to the Media City site at Salford Quays, Harbour City, Manyoo, .

Plans are currently being considered to establish a new campus at Media City for the Faculty, which includes the Schools of Art & Design and Media, Music & Performance.