Lumina Village is a landmark residential-led development by Glenbrook Property, set within Trafford’s emerging Civic Quarter and overlooking the iconic Old Trafford cricket ground. Designed as a vibrant new neighbourhood, the scheme will deliver a carefully considered mix of apartments and townhouses across a range of tenures, creating a diverse and inclusive community. With high-quality architecture and strong connections to surrounding amenities and transport links, Lumina Village represents a significant investment in Trafford’s long-term growth and regeneration.
At the heart of the development is a strong focus on placemaking, with extensive public realm including landscaped green spaces, pedestrian-friendly streets and welcoming civic areas designed to encourage social interaction and everyday activity. Ground-floor retail, thoughtful urban design and a village-style layout combine to create a distinctive sense of place, supporting modern lifestyles while contributing positively to the wider area. Lumina Village will be a destination that blends quality homes, community, and public space to create a sustainable and thriving new neighbourhood.
Lumina Village is a large-scale residential development in Trafford comprising 440 apartments and 14 townhouses, delivered across multiple blocks and supported by extensive communal and amenity spaces
Matic Building Services is delivering the full mechanical and electrical installation to the residential elements, including apartment plumbing and electrics, boosted cold water systems, MVHR ventilation, sprinkler protection, smoke ventilation, landlord services, lighting, power, life safety systems and renewable technologies. The development is designed to provide safe, efficient and high-quality living environments while supporting long-term operational performance.
Within the apartments, Matic’s scope includes boosted cold water distribution, unvented hot water cylinders, MVHR systems, full electrical installations, electric heating, domestic fire detection, and residential sprinkler protection, all installed, tested and commissioned to current British Standards . Communal and landlord systems include smoke control, wet risers, car park ventilation, BMS integration, emergency lighting, access control, CCTV, EV charging infrastructure and a 47kWp solar PV array, reinforcing the scheme’s safety, sustainability and future-ready credentials .
At Lumina Village, Matic Building Services is delivering comprehensive mechanical and electrical installations to a range of commercial and shared amenity spaces, including the gym, resident lounges, reception areas, studios, server rooms and back-of-house facilities
These spaces are designed to enhance the resident experience while supporting safe, comfortable and energy-efficient operation, forming an integral part of the wider mixed-use development.
Matic’s scope across the amenity and commercial areas includes air conditioning and comfort cooling systems, mechanical ventilation and heat recovery, smoke control systems, landlord power and lighting, emergency lighting, and small power installations, all fully integrated with life safety and control systems . In addition, Matic is delivering sprinkler protection, wet riser systems, fire alarm and security infrastructure, BMS integration, and solar PV connectivity, ensuring the amenity spaces operate efficiently, safely and in line with current regulations while supporting the long-term sustainability of the development .
Lumina Village features a substantial and highly coordinated centralised MEP infrastructure, with Matic Building Services delivering major plant installations to support the residential, commercial and life safety requirements of this large-scale mixed-use development. Core mechanical systems include boosted cold water plant with sectional storage tanks, duty/standby booster pump sets, communal ventilation and smoke control systems, wet risers, sprinkler pump sets, and car park ventilation, all designed and installed to relevant British Standards and fire strategies . The development is supported by dedicated plant rooms, risers and roof-level installations to ensure resilience, maintainability and operational efficiency.
The engineering scope also includes extensive life safety and environmental control plant, such as mechanical smoke ventilation shafts with duty/standby extract fans, CFD-modelled corridor smoke control systems, and a mechanically ventilated multi-level car park incorporating impulse fans, high-temperature extract fans rated to 300°C for two hours, CO monitoring and intelligent inverter control . Electrical infrastructure comprises Form 4 Type 2 LV switchboards, essential life safety distribution, landlord supplies, a 253kVA standby generator providing back-up power to critical systems, and a 47kWp roof-mounted solar PV array integrated into the building’s electrical network . All major plant is monitored and controlled via a BACnet-based Building Management System, enabling efficient operation, fault monitoring and long-term performance optimisation.
