Comprising 861 rooms and designed by Tim Groom Architects, the development would be built on the corner of Hulme Street and Medlock Street in the city’s First Street district.
PIC Homes will deliver the 84-home redevelopment of the town’s former Magistrates' court, a scheme that has been threatening to come forward since Trafford Council acquired the site in 2018.
Having already delivered 600 homes at the former aerodrome of the same name, Harrow Estates is seeking permission for almost the same amount again on land to the south of the neighbourhood.
Office space at Phoenix House is in line for residential conversion, while renewal plans are in the works for four heritage buildings on the key town centre street.