City Tower, Manchester

City Tower

General information
Status	Complete
Type	Office, Communication, Retail
Architectural style	Modernist
Location	Manchester, England
Coordinates	53°28′49″N 2°14′18″W / 53.48028°N 2.23833°W / 53.48028; -2.23833Coordinates: 53°28′49″N 2°14′18″W / 53.48028°N 2.23833°W / 53.48028; -2.23833
Completed	1965
Owner	Schroders
Height
Antenna spire	123 m (404 ft)
Roof	107 m (351 ft)
Top floor	28
Technical details
Floor count	30
Floor area	20,905 m² (225,020 sq ft)
Lifts/elevators	8
Design and construction
Architect	Covell, Matthews & Partners
Developer	Bernard Sunley & Sons

City Tower, (formerly the Sunley Building) is a 30-storey skyscraper situated in the Piccadilly Gardens area of Manchester, England. It has the highest office space currently available in Manchester, standing 107 metres (351 ft) tall. City Tower was completed in 1965, the Plaza complex was constructed by the developers Bernard Sunley & Sons and designed by Covell, Matthews & Partners. It is currently the fourth tallest building in Manchester. 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. Developer Bruntwood sold City Tower to the asset management company Schroders for £132 millon in 2014 but kept their headquarters in the building.^[1]

Background

The Tower has entrances on York Street (renamed New York Street in 2008) and Piccadilly Gardens. Over the years, the Tower became increasingly run down and many tenants left. 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 full motion 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 XFM, Rock Radio, Capital on FM and digital radio multiplexes Digital One, BBC, MXR North West 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^[2] but now appears to be at least partly vacant.

References

↑ "City Tower sale announcement". 7 May 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
↑ "BBC". BBC Highest office space in Manchester.

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Buildings and structures in Manchester, England

Skyscrapers (over 100 metres)	Beetham Tower (169m) CIS Tower (118m) City Tower (107m) 17 New Wakefield Street (106m)

Highrises (over 50 metres)	1 New York Street 3 Hardman Street 111 Piccadilly Arndale Tower Civil Justice Centre Great Northern Tower Manchester One Maths & Social Sciences Building No. 1 Deansgate New Century House One Angel Square One St Peter's Square Owens Park Palace Hotel Peninsula Building St James Buildings Town Hall Town Hall Extension

Notable lowrises (city centre or Grade II* listed)	1 The Avenue 1-3 York Street 25 St Ann Street 38 and 42 Mosley Street 46-48 Brown Street 50 Newton Street 53 King Street 84 Plymouth Grove 100 King Street Afflecks Alan Turing Building Albert Hall Ancoats Hospital Arkwright House Athenaeum Baguley Hall Bank Chambers Barlow Hall Barton Arcade Chancellors Hotel & Conference Centre Central Library Chetham's Library Chips Clayton Hall Corn Exchange County Court Daily Express Dalton-Ellis Hall Didsbury School of Education Estate Exchange Former Bank of England Free Trade Hall Gateway House Old Granada Studios The Green Building Grove House The Haçienda Hanover Building Heaton Hall Holyoake House Hough End Hall Hulme Hall Hulme Hippodrome Institute of Biotechnology John Rylands Library John Rylands University Library Kendals Lawrence Buildings Law Library Lincoln House London Road Fire Station Manchester Art Gallery Manchester Museum Mechanics' Institute Memorial Hall Midland Hotel Minshull Street Crown Courts Museum of Science & Industry National Graphene Institute Nicholls Building Odeon Cinema Old Wellington Inn Pankhurst Centre People's History Museum Police Museum Portico Library Playhouse Theatre Redfern Building Reform Club Rose Hill Royal Eye Hospital Rylands Building Sackville Street Building Ship Canal House Slade Hall Smithfield Market Hall St. Anselm Hall St Mary's Hospital Strangeways Sunlight House Theatre Royal Toast Rack The Towers Transport Museum Urbis Victoria Baths Whitworth Art Gallery Whitworth Hall Wythenshawe Bus Garage Wythenshawe Hall

Mills and warehouses	107 Piccadilly 1830 warehouse, Liverpool Road railway station Albion Mill Asia House Beehive Mill Bridgewater House Brownsfield Mill Canada House Churchgate House Dale Street Warehouse India House Jackson's Warehouse Lancaster House Murrays' Mills Royal Mill Watts Warehouse

Religious (Grade I or II* listed)	British Muslim Heritage Centre Brookfield Church Castlefield Chapel Christ Church Cross Street Chapel Holy Name of Jesus Edgar Wood Centre Gorton Monastery Holy Trinity Platt Church The Hidden Gem Jewish Museum Manchester Cathedral Manchester Reform Synagogue St Ann's St Chrysostom's Church Church of St Cross St. George St James St John St. Mary Church of St Michael St Nicholas St Peter Upper Brook Street Chapel St Wilfrid

Transportation	Manchester Airport Airport station Deansgate station Piccadilly station Victoria station Oxford Road station Piccadilly Bus Station Shudehill Interchange

Entertainment	Apollo Arndale Centre Bridgewater Hall Central Contact Theatre Cornerhouse The Factory Great Northern Warehouse HOME Palace Theatre Parrs Wood Entertainment Centre Opera House The Printworks Manchester Arena The Ritz Royal Exchange Theatre

Sports venues	Aquatics Centre Belle Vue Stadium Broadhurst Park National Cycling Centre (BMX Arena, Velodrome) Etihad Campus City of Manchester Stadium Manchester City Academy Stadium Manchester Regional Arena National Squash Centre

Memorials and sculptures	Alan Turing Memorial Albert Memorial B of the Bang Cenotaph Peacock Mausoleum

Bridges	Albert Bridge Blackfriars Bridge Corporation Street Bridge Hulme Arch Bridge Irwell Railway bridge Palatine Bridge Store Street Aqueduct Trinity Bridge Victoria Bridge

Architecture Castles Churches Grade I listed Grade II* listed Grade II listed Mills Monuments Tallest Warehouses Italics denote building under construction

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City Tower, Manchester

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