 Construction began in September 2011 after the area next to the Imperial War Museum North was surveyed for any possible World War II bomb threats, the studios were constructed by Mace (the actual set by Askam Construction) and building was completed in 2013.The set is built to a greater scale than the Granada TV set and there are several changes to the structure of the street and the surrounding areas.On 29 November 2013, the new set was officially unveiled.