Milliner's Wharf is a modern development of a former brownsfield site.  It has been described as follows on the Propert Confidential web site:  "Formerly an industrial site, City Lofts have created a collection of 261 studio, one, two and three bedroom apartments situated on the banks of the Ashton Canal in Ancoats, East Manchester. 


Divided into three cores, the development features residential accommodation set over floors one to eight while the ground floor comprises a selection of rooms for post and refuse stores, with residents’ parking, a management suite and concierge facility."