Sister is Manchester’s new innovation district.

A £1.7bn investment into the city, its setting – the former University of Manchester North Campus and UMIST site – is steeped in science and engineering history. Home to the UK’s most exciting new ideas and disruptive technologies, Sister is a worldclass innovation platform in the heart of one of the most exciting global cities. It stands as the city’s symbol of a new era of discovery that promises progress against humanity’s greatest challenges.

Sister is where Manchester will change the world again.

At Sister, you’ll find visionary start-ups next to industry-leading multinationals. University spin-outs next to social enterprises. Creative studios next to R&D facilities. New homes next to calming green spaces and bustling community hubs.

It takes a community to raise an idea.

That’s why we’re building a vibrant new city-centre neighbourhood, with everything an idea needs to become the inventions that define our future. A place that brings together those who are curious, collaborative and progressive. A community for residents, academics, founders, investors, researchers, creatives and more

Sister expresses an ethos of collaboration, openness and the use of knowledge to solve problems.

Our name represents a close familial bond between industry and academia. It stands for interdisciplinary cooperation. It illustrates the connections and partnerships that go beyond the boundaries of geography and industry, the deep ties that we’re building across Greater Manchester, throughout the UK and across the globe.

Renold Innovation Hub

Collaboration and Partnership

The Renold Building is the first of Sister’s buildings to open, in Autumn 2024. Reactivated as an innovation hub, it will act as the keystone of the Sister ecosystem and a new home for Manchester’s most promising entrepreneurs, start-ups and spin-outs.

Celebrating its history as an educational hub, Renold will be an inclusive, purpose-driven community, hosting the UK’s next wave of science and technology innovators.

Climate Innovations

Spaces within Renold range from single coworking desks to private office suites, with a range of event and social spaces available for talks, workshops, conferences and more.

Innovation happens where

great minds meet