Outline planning permission has been granted for a mixed development of retail, leisure and commercial units to complement the docks.
Vincent, who persuaded ministers to fund a £1.2bn universal free school meals plan last year, said the development of food and leisure schemes during holiday times was the "next stage" in the battle to tackle pupil hunger and address a widening gap in academic attainment between rich and poor children.
The council said £60m had already been invested in the area including the development of the Waves leisure centre, Playhouse theatre, Whitley Park and the Panama Skate Park.
Manchester's increasing urban population encouraged the development of a thriving leisure industry, and public parks were popular.
We are responding to a changing environment by improvement and development of the wider Burnden Leisure business interests.
New year, new plans with the news that Peel Media has submitted the planning application for the second phase of MediaCityUk - a big expansion for a mixed-use development of hotel, offices, retail, leisure, residential and parking.
It would ensure that integrated and coherent provision was available to all students studying at the enlarged Aston campus, and that the commitment of both institutions to the economic development of the learning and leisure quarter in Eastside was reinforced".
In 2014, a new major plan for the city was proposed, under which extensive development of residential, business, and leisure areas will take place with the target of increasing the city's population by 60,000 by 2025.
A new Garden there, still convenient to mass transit, could become the centerpiece of a populist gold mine of leisure and commercial development.
"We've got eight of them in development," said Dan Madsen, the chief executive of Leisure Care of Bellevue, Wash., a privately owned company that runs 5,700 housing units in 38 retirement communities in 9 Western states.
