The Beetham Organisation is a privately owned property development and
investment company based in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
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UK. It was founded by
Hugh Frost as Oastdren Investments in 1985. Its primary focus is city-centre real estate, specialising in hotel, residential and office projects. , Hugh Frost owned 67%, his sons
Stephen Beetham (born Stephen Frost)
owned 27% and
Simon Frost held the remaining 6% of the company.
Stephen changed his name from Frost to Beetham after the sect into which he had been born, the
Plymouth Brethren.
Beetham is an ancestral family name;
the name of the business was changed soon afterwards.
Portfolio
Their portfolio includes;
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Beetham Tower,
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a populat ...
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10 Holloway Circus
10 Holloway Circus (also referred to as the Holloway Circus Tower or Beetham Tower) is a tall mixed-use skyscraper in Birmingham city centre, England. It was originally named after the developers, Beetham Organisation, and was designed by ...
also known as Beetham Tower, Birmingham
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Beetham Tower,
Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The t ...
, also known as the Hilton Tower
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West Tower
West Tower is a 40-storey tall skyscraper in Liverpool, England. It is the tallest building in Liverpool. The building was the second tower to be built by Carillion in Liverpool for property developers Beetham, who now use the building as th ...
also known as Beetham Tower West, Liverpool
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Beetham Tower,
Brighton
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One Blackfriars
One Blackfriars is a mixed-use development at No. 1 Blackfriars Road in Bankside, London. It is informally known as The Vase or The Boomerang due to its shape. Also nicknamed 'The Beer Gut' by Donald Dishington.
The development is made up of a ...
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London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
, known locally as the Vase.
References
External links
The Beetham Organisation Website(requires flash-player)
Beetham TowersSkyscrapernews.com files on all the Beetham projects
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Companies based in Liverpool
Investment companies of the United Kingdom
Privately held companies of the United Kingdom