City developer is offering free Uber rides to residents
ONE of Manchester’s biggest rental developers is encouraging tenants to ditch the car by offering free Uber rides.
Moda Living is delivering the landmark 34-storey Angel Gardens in the 20-acre NOMA scheme, north of Manchester city centre.
It has recently joined forces with the online taxi booking platform to launch a new scheme to reduce car ownership in the city.
In the first collaboration of its kind in Britain, tenants will be offered up to £100 Uber credits per month if they agree not to have a car parking space in the building.
Using Moda Living’s bespoke app, residents will simply press a button and get a ride.
Johnny Caddick, managing director of Moda Living, which is backed by Middles Eastern investors Apache Capital Partners, said: “Our apartments are for rent rather than for sale so we need to consider how our customers will live in cities in the future. Embracing future technology is vital from day one and these plans for a partnership with Uber would not only give our customers an affordable ride at the touch of a button - it would also enable us to design better buildings with more space for social interaction.
“Everyone wants a more frictionless life and Uber’s model fully aligns with our approach of wanting to drive efficiency and maximise value for our customers.”