Cortland at Colliers Yard is a 153 m (500 ft) tall, 50-storey residential
skyscraper
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in the
Greengate area of
Salford
Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ...
,
Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority, combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: City of Manchester, Manchester, City of Salford, Salford ...
, England. The building is part of developer Renaker's Greengate masterplan called Colliers Yard,
which consists of three adjacent towers, the others being Bankside and Parkside. It was designed by OMI Architects with
Denton Corker Marshall
Denton Corker Marshall is an international architecture practice based in Melbourne, Australia.
History
Denton Corker Marshall was established in Melbourne, Victoria, in 1972. It was founded by architects John Denton, Bill Corker, and Barrie ...
as delivery architects.
[ As of February 2023 it is structurally ]topped out
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, the tallest tower in Salford and the sixth-tallest building in Greater Manchester.
History
Planning
The planning application was submitted to Salford City Council
Salford City Council is the local authority of the City of Salford in Greater Manchester, England. It is a metropolitan borough council, one of ten in Greater Manchester and one of 36 in the metropolitan counties of England, and provides the majo ...
in November 2019,
Construction
Construction of Cortland at Colliers Yard commenced in 2020 and the building topped out
In building construction, topping out (sometimes referred to as topping off) is a builders' rite traditionally held when the last beam (or its equivalent) is placed atop a structure during its construction. Nowadays, the ceremony is often parlaye ...
in July 2022.build to rent
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Growth in the UK ...
apartments.[
]
Sale to Cortland
In December 2021, the American real estate investment, development, and management company Cortland, together with Madison International Realty, bought the tower and named the project Cortland at Colliers Yard.
See also
*List of tallest buildings in the United Kingdom
As of December 2022 there are 148 habitable buildings (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and religious use) in the United Kingdom at least tall, 117 of them in London, 15 in Greater Manchester, 5 in Birmingham, 3 in Leeds, 2 ...
*
References
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Buildings and structures in Salford
Unfinished buildings and structures