A revised scheme for the site was approved in 2017 for a 32-storey, 92 m (302 ft) tall high-rise tower, comprising 420 apartments targeted at the student accommodation market.

The development was located on a site on River Street, beside Manchester city centre's southern boundary next to the Mancunian Way.

At the time of the planning submission in 2012, the site was occupied by a half-built concrete frame, originally built for a medium-rise apartment block in 2004.

Liaising with Manchester City Council, the company commissioned SimpsonHaugh and Partners to devise design proposals for a skyscraper building above 100 m (330 ft) in height.

[11] Construction of the skyscraper was expected to take approximately 18 months with the demolition of the concrete car park shell to commence in November 2015.