The Mercian (also known as 212 Broad Street by its address and formerly known as 2one2 Broad Street and Broad Street Tower) is a 132-metre-tall (433 ft) residential
skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-ris ...
on
Broad Street in
Birmingham
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,
England
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. It is designed by Glenn Howells Architects, the developer is
Moda Living
Moda Living Limited is a Harrogate-based, family-owned developer and operator of purpose-built homes for rent across the UK.
They are specialists in the build-to-rent, single-family rental and co-living subsectors of the UK’s rental living mar ...
and the main contractor is John Sisk & Son.
The building is 42 storeys in height, consisting of a 39-storey residential building (30 studios, 163 one bed, 260 two bed and 28 three-bedroom apartments) which sits on a three-storey podium with over of community amenity space. The build is valued at £183m and was completed in May 2022.
The tower sits perpendicular to the street with the front-facing
Five Ways. Originally, a helipad was proposed to be located on top of the building on a podium, but this was removed from the design, though the podium remained with some minor changes.
The tower was scheduled to be presented before a planning committee in late August 2006. However, the developers pulled out minutes before the meeting to make changes.
The application was presented again on 28 September and whilst it was originally deferred due to lack of information, concerns over height and payment of money under
Section 106, it was later approved. The updated proposal boasted a partial redesign, increasing the height of the tower and creating a redesigned façade. Construction of the skyscraper began in April 2019.
The Mercian is the
tallest building in Birmingham and the second tallest structure, after the
BT Tower
The BT Communication Tower is a grade II listed communications tower located in Fitzrovia, London, owned by BT Group. Originally named the Museum Radio Tower (after the adjacent Museum telephone exchange), it became better known by its unoff ...
. However, this title is expected to be handed over to
Octagon
In geometry, an octagon (from the Greek ὀκτάγωνον ''oktágōnon'', "eight angles") is an eight-sided polygon or 8-gon.
A '' regular octagon'' has Schläfli symbol and can also be constructed as a quasiregular truncated square, t, whi ...
, a 49-storey skyscraper currently under construction and due for completion in 2025.
See also
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List of tallest buildings and structures in Birmingham
This list of the tallest buildings and structures in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area, West Midlands ranks buildings and free-standing structures by height, based on standard height measurements that include spires and architectural details b ...
References
External links
Levelseven ArchitectsSkyscrapernews.com
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' Birmingham Mail (22 Aug 2006)
Emporis entryComments on Broad Street Tower by CABE
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Buildings and structures in Birmingham, West Midlands
Buildings and structures under construction in the United Kingdom