Native Manchester — Photo by Go Native Limited
Native Manchester — Photo by Go Native Limited
Native Manchester — Photo by Go Native Limited
Native Manchester — Photo by Go Native Limited

Located in the newly transformed Ducie Street Warehouse on the edge of Manchester's Northern Quarter, boutique aparthotel brand Native, has just opened the doors to its latest outpost.

Occupying eight floors of a vast Grade II listed former Victorian warehouse, Native Manchester will be the UK's largest aparthotel, spanning 180,000 square feet. The beautifully designed 166 apartments will offer a variety of living spaces from studios and one beds to two-bedroom penthouses, complete with private garden terraces.

Re-imagined by Archer Humphryes Architects, the firm behind Chiltern Firehouse and the new Standard Hotel in London, the building's industrial heritage is prominent throughout. With towering cast-iron columns, a vast central atrium and exposed barrel arched brickwork, each apartment features a fully equipped kitchen, bespoke Conran furniture and magnificent parquet flooring.

Also opening at Ducie Street Warehouse is independently operated CULTUREPLEX - a ground floor social hub from leading London restauranteurs David Waddington and Pablo Flack. CULTUREPLEX includes an 80-seater restaurant, Bistrotheque, a Mini-Cini, coffee counter and flexible events and work spaces, creating a unique community centre and all-day hangout.

Award-wining fitness brand, BLOK, has also opened its first studio outside of London in a part of the warehouse's ground floor space. Set across three impressive studios and led by Manchester's leading instructors, classes at BLOK will span a variety of over 25 fitness disciplines, giving guests choice, no matter how they choose to train.

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