Manchester’s regeneration started stirring, so the story goes, back in the early 90s with the rise, and rise, of Tom Bloxham, Jonathan Falkingham and their merry band of innovative mixed use developers, Urban Splash. The name has become synonymous with Manchester style: conscientiously converted canal-side warehouses; ultra-contemporary architecture; hip young “thangs”; groovy nightlife. Generalisations, maybe, but arguably the basis for …