Editing ITV Granada (section)

===Relocation===
After the ITV merger in 2004, the possibility of selling the Quay Street site was considered, with staff, studios and offices moved into the adjacent bonded warehouse building. ITV anticipated the BBC would buy the land but the BBC opted to move to [[the Peel Group]]'s [[MediaCityUK]] development in [[Salford Quays]].{{sfn|Fitzwalter|2008|p=251}} ITV considered relocating to Trafford Wharf across the [[Manchester Ship Canal]] from the BBC at MediaCityUK. Discussions continued for several years and an agreement in principle was reached in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Rooth |first=Ben |title=ITV closes in on MediaCity move |url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/business/s/1065927_itv_closes_in_on_mediacity_move |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=9 September 2008 |access-date=17 October 2011 |archive-date=31 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100831070014/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/business/s/1065927_itv_closes_in_on_mediacity_move |url-status=dead }}</ref> In March 2009, in the recession, Granada announced it would remain at Quay Street,<ref>{{cite news |last=Welsh |first=James |title='Corrie' to stay on Quay Street |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/broadcasting/a149299/corrie-to-stay-on-quay-street.html |publisher=Digital Spy |date=11 March 2009}}</ref> but after a change of management, talks resumed in January 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/media/2010/jan/11/coronation-street-set-to-be-demolished |title=''Coronation Street'' set to be demolished |work=guardian.co.uk |date=11 January 2010 |author=Conlan, Tara}}</ref> Two years later, on 16 December 2010, Granada announced it would move to the Orange Building in MediaCityUK alongside the [[University of Salford]]. It planned to build a studio to produce ''Coronation Street'' on the opposite bank of the ship canal on Trafford Wharf. Planning permission was granted, and building work began on 6 September 2011<ref name="BBC News start construction">{{cite news|title=Work starts on new ''Coronation Street'' studio in Salford |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-14810914|access-date=7 September 2011|publisher=BBC News|date=6 September 2011}}</ref> with the goal of completion in 2012.<ref>{{cite press release |title=ITV agrees move to MediaCityUK |url=http://www.itvplc.com/media/newsrelease/?id=40944 |url-status=dead |website=itvplc.com |publisher=ITV |date=16 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723003912/http://www.itvplc.com/media/newsrelease/?id=40944 |archive-date=23 July 2011 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> ITV Granada moved to MediaCityUK on 25 March 2013.