New development gets old buildings

Weatherfield is, after all, coming to Trafford. Part of the ITV move to MediacityUK gives a long lease on 7.7 acres of land, across the canal from the main site, next to the Imperial War Museum North. There will be a full and bigger outdoor set for Coronation Street, two sound stage buildings, edit and post-production facilities, rehearsal, meeting and dressing rooms.

Trafford Council are the planning authority, and seem delighted.   There are, however, a few issues.   If the site is also to be a tourist attraction, I suspect it will attract a few more coaches than the Museum currently gets.  At one stage in the original plan for the wider Peel development,  there was talk of extending the Metrolink out of MediacityUK across the water and on to The Trafford Centre.  Let's hope the councillors push for that in a deal. 

In the move of the old "Granada" operation to the Orange Building, 500 staff will share the lifts with students from Salford University.  Adam Crozier and Archie Norman are pleased with the deal, but there are those who believe it might have been cheaper if the previous Michael Grade regime had signed on the dotted line earlier.