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Introducing Worrall Street

Worrall Street, located on the banks of the River Irwell in Ordsall, Salford, will deliver a vibrant and high-quality development of 413 new co-living homes.

The development will be comprised of homes that will be ideal for young professionals working in Salford or MediaCityUK or Manchester city centre who are looking for flexible and short-term tenancies and readymade community.

Our plans will transform a currently under-utilised brownfield site by delivering much needed affordable homes and creating a thriving new community.

An architect’s drawing of re:shape’s Worrall Street co-living development

Key Benefits of the Proposals

  • The brownfield development will help alleviate pressure on the local greenbelt, while creating a highly attractive scheme that improves the local area in Ordsall, Salford.
  • Improved access for local residents by opening up a riverside walkway of strategic importance to connect Greater Manchester’s key economic and tourism areas.
  • The increased population will provide an economic boost for an up-and-coming area of Salford.
  • Addressing the local housing crises by delivering 413 new and affordable homes with 20% of studios provided at a 20% discount market rent, with a further percentage ringfenced for refugees and asylum seekers.
  • The homes are appropriately sized (21sqm or bigger), with the largest rooms at 30sqm.

Building a local co-living community

Worrall Street will provide a community of affordable co-living homes in Salford and offer a safe, flexible and secure housing option for single people and couples wanting to live in a vibrant and diverse community.

Co-living is believed to improve the mental health of residents and bring a sense of belonging and human connection to the community through the use of communal space and the promotion of residential events on and off-site.

High quality shared spaces and facilities

The ground floor of the site will act as both the entrance and a space, which provides residents with a café, co-working space, and a dedicated terrace along the back of the building with views over the River Irwell and the riverside walkway.

A dedicated ‘community use’ space, open to non-residents, will have its own entrance that is separate from the co-living entrance.

The first floor will provide residents with an area for eating and socialising, with space dedicated to games, dining and relaxing, while the roof terrace provides a sense of both personal and social mental wellbeing, with a winter garden, pergola and adjacent gym spaces and yoga studio.

The top floor, with views across the ever-expanding skyline of Salford and Manchester, holds the ‘clubhouse level’ where events will take place for both residents and external guests, including community functions.

Boosting an up-and-coming area of Greater Manchester

The proposal will bring a significant contribution to the up-and-coming Ordsall Riverside district, located on former industrial land along the banks of the River Irwell.

Once complete, residents will have direct access to a riverside walkway, spanning the length of the northern bank of the River Irwell from the city centre to Salford Quays.

Worrall Street will enable the creation of a vibrant and diverse new residential community, reinforcing this part of the city as one for the near future, with a growing residential population and nearby tourism destinations.

Any building on the Worrall Street site will comply fully with Salford Council’s adopted Local Plan, and its ambition to ensure that waterside access is opened to the public, improving the quality of the existing waterside walkway and cycleway.