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City Tower (formerly Sunley House) is a 30-storey
The Tower has entrances on York Street (renamed New York Street in 2008) and Piccadilly Gardens (formerly Parker Street). A refurbishment programme was drawn up in the late 1990s, but this was never realised until Bruntwood purchased Piccadilly Plaza for £65 million in 2004. This plan is complete, with a new central ground floor entrance. The next phase involved repainting and fitting an atrium to the sides of the Tower. An advertising screen has been erected showing video clips to passers-by in the Gardens.
The Tower is one of Manchester's main broadcast transmission sites, hosting the antennae of local radio stations Radio X (United Kingdom), Radio X, XS Manchester and Capital Manchester, Capital on FM and Digital audio broadcasting, digital radio multiplexes Digital One, BBC and CE Manchester.
The penthouse on floor 28 differs from the other floors as it originally had a walkway around the perimeter. When Bruntwood acquired City Tower, they removed the walkway and installed wider windows. The redesign included an overhang with floor to ceiling windows.
Although City Tower is not the tallest building in the city, the 28th floor is the highest commercial office space in Manchester. This floor was occupied by UKFast but now appears to be at least partly vacant.
City Tower, Manchester at www.skyscrapernews.com
BBC Highest office space in Manchester
City Tower Official Website
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skyscraper
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situated in the Piccadilly Gardens
Piccadilly Gardens is a green space in Manchester city centre, England, on the edge of the Northern Quarter.
It takes its name from the adjacent street, Piccadilly, which runs across the city centre from Market Street to London Road. The ga ...
area of Manchester city centre
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in England. As of 2022, it is the tallest office building in 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 ...
and outside London, and the List of tallest buildings in Manchester, eighth-tallest building in Manchester, with a roof height of 107 metres (351 ft).
History
City Tower was completed in 1965, one of three buildings forming the Piccadilly Plaza complex which was designed by Covell, Matthews & Partners and developed by Bernard Sunley & Sons between 1959 and 1965.Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), ''Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East'', (The Buildings of England), Yale University Press, ; p. 326 The Piccadilly Plaza was remodelled by Leslie Jones Architects in 2001-02. City Tower stands at right angles to Piccadilly and the north-facing wall is covered with designs based on circuit boards. During the remodelling of the building to the west of City Tower, Eagle Star House was replaced by a building whose roofs are a pale echo of the swooping roofs of the original. The Tower has retail and leisure units on the ground floor and is Manchester's main radio transmitting station, which is located on the roof. The developer Bruntwood sold City Tower to the asset management company Schroders for £132 million in 2014, but kept their headquarters in the building.Description
The Tower has entrances on York Street (renamed New York Street in 2008) and Piccadilly Gardens (formerly Parker Street). A refurbishment programme was drawn up in the late 1990s, but this was never realised until Bruntwood purchased Piccadilly Plaza for £65 million in 2004. This plan is complete, with a new central ground floor entrance. The next phase involved repainting and fitting an atrium to the sides of the Tower. An advertising screen has been erected showing video clips to passers-by in the Gardens.
The Tower is one of Manchester's main broadcast transmission sites, hosting the antennae of local radio stations Radio X (United Kingdom), Radio X, XS Manchester and Capital Manchester, Capital on FM and Digital audio broadcasting, digital radio multiplexes Digital One, BBC and CE Manchester.
The penthouse on floor 28 differs from the other floors as it originally had a walkway around the perimeter. When Bruntwood acquired City Tower, they removed the walkway and installed wider windows. The redesign included an overhang with floor to ceiling windows.
Although City Tower is not the tallest building in the city, the 28th floor is the highest commercial office space in Manchester. This floor was occupied by UKFast but now appears to be at least partly vacant.
See also
*Architecture of Manchester *List of tallest buildings in Manchester List of tallest buildings in the United KingdomReferences
External links
City Tower, Manchester at www.skyscrapernews.com
BBC Highest office space in Manchester
City Tower Official Website
{{Manchester B&S Buildings and structures in Manchester, City Tower Office buildings completed in 1965 Skyscrapers in Manchester Skyscraper office buildings in England Ralph Covell buildings Piccadilly Gardens