Sarah Townsend The developers of the £1.4bn Manchester mixed-use scheme are starting to scout the market for pre-lets and financing for the first commercial offering, 320,000 sq ft of offices due to start on site this year. Large office requirements in the Manchester market at present include those of Disney UK, government body Network Rail, which is looking for 100,000 sq ft, Bosch, Costain and others. Such names would be of interest to Mayfield, said Richard Upton, chief executive of developer U+I, part of the consortium delivering the scheme. “We know several companies are looking for sizeable office space in Manchester at the moment and we are confident in the levels of demand for the high-quality office space we are going to provide,” Upton told