Work has got underway on a new eco-friendly designed McDonald’s site in Manchester’s Lime Square as the fast food chain looks to build a “new generation of modern and progressive” restaurants. The 5,239sq ft unit is part of a new concept for McDonald’s and includes features used at the chain’s recent flagship Olympic site. The two storey McDonald’s restaurant and drive-thru which is set to be completed late spring 2013, forms part of the next phase of construction at the Lime Square development that will include a further three retail units adding to the existing line up of other big brand names such as Greggs. Mike Williams, head of acquisitions for McDonald’s UK said: “The new restaurant will incorporate a new eco-friendly design that is amongst the first in the UK and which forms part of our plans to build a new generation of modern and progressive McDonald’s restaurants.”