In 2014, the Abu Dhabi United Group and Manchester City Council established the Manchester Life joint venture to create a dev ... elopment company capable of deploying the scale of inward investment required to make a significant contribution towards achieving the City’s residential growth ambitions for Ancoats and New Islington, and creating the necessary momentum for regeneration to take hold. Manchester Life is a home-grown developer and landlord that blends a deep connection to Manchester with global real estate development and management expertise to deliver high-quality urban regeneration that establishes exciting and desirable communities. For us, it’s all about staying true to Manchester’s irreverent, characterful roots, maximising the city’s growth potential, and developing the right rental and for-sale homes for Manchester’s people. We believe in placemaking, high-quality design, exceptional management and customer service. Since 2014 we have been carefully planning and developing across Ancoats and New Islington to create everything people need to relish the experience of living in a historical yet cosmopolitan place. We care deeply about creating great communities, so we have assembled local developers and building managers to collaborate on community safety and placemaking, and funded additional community policing, street lighting and neighbourhood CCTV. read more