The Blade, Manchester

The Blade is a 154 m (505 ft) tall, 51-storey residential skyscraper in Manchester, England.

[2] It was designed by SimpsonHaugh architects[1][3] and as of 2025 is the joint fourth-tallest building in Greater Manchester alongside its sister tower Three60.

The planning application was submitted to Manchester City Council in April 2020 for two adjacent towers, The Blade and The Cylinder (the latter subsequently renamed Three60),[4] to form the second phase of developer Renaker's Crown Street development, consisting of a combined total of 855 apartments across 950,000 sq ft (88,000 m2) of residential space.

[5] The towers are to be connected at the lower levels by a podium containing 5,200 sq ft (480 m2) of commercial space.

[8] The site of the two towers covers 2.7 acres (1.1 ha) and is next to Chester Road roundabout and the Mancunian Way.