Green light for five new Manchester skyscrapers

Skyscraper developer Renaker has secured planning for its £1bn next-generation of high rise buildings at the Great Jackson Street site in Manchester.
Planners waved through the five tower projects, one of which will become Manchester’s tallest building. Together they will provide nearly 2,400 flats with a development value of around £1bn.
The tallest at 71 storeys, already nicknamed the ‘Lighthouse’ because of its distinctive lantern-style glazing on the upper five