CITY TOWER, MANCHESTER

SUBMITTED BY:
TANUJA S BATAKURKI
2BL17AT022 VI SEM
 GENERAL INFORMATION
STATUS COMPLETE
TYPE OFFICE, COMMUNICATION, RETAIL
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE MODERNIST
LOCATION MANCHESTER, ENGLAND

COMPLETED 1965; 55 YEARS AGO

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 SUNLEY HOUSE) IS A 30-STOREY SKYSCRAPER SITUATED IN
THE PICCADILLY GARDENS AREA OF MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE IN ENGLAND.
• IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST OFFICE SPACES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN MANCHESTER, STANDING
107 METRES (351 FT) TALL.
• CITY TOWER WAS COMPLETED IN 1965, ONE OF THREE BUILDINGS FORMING THE PICCADILLY
PLAZA COMPLEX WHICH WAS CONSTRUCTED BY THE DEVELOPERS BERNARD SUNLEY &
SONS AND DESIGNED BY COVELL, MATTHEWS & PARTNERS, 1959-65.
• 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.
• THE DEVELOPER BRUNTWOOD SOLD CITY TOWER TO THE ASSET MANAGEMENT
COMPANY SCHRODERS FOR £132 MILLION IN 2014 BUT KEPT THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THE
BUILDING
• E TOWER HAS ENTRANCES ON YORK STREET (RENAMED NEW YORK STREET IN 2008) AND
PICCADILLY GARDENS (FORMERLY PARKER STREET).
• 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 VIDEO CLIPS TO PASSERS-BY IN THE
GARDENS.
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