Albany Crown Tower
Albany Crown Tower | |
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Render of how the tower was expected to look when completed | |
General information | |
Status | Never built |
Type | Hotel / Offices / Residential[1] |
Coordinates | 53°28′44.4″N 2°14′2.4″W / 53.479000°N 2.234000°WCoordinates: 53°28′44.4″N 2°14′2.4″W / 53.479000°N 2.234000°W |
Estimated completion | Unknown |
Cost | £83 million[2] |
Height | |
Roof | Over 160 m (520 ft)[1] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 54[1] |
Design and construction | |
Architect | Ian Simpson[3] |
Developer | Albany Crown[1] |
The Albany Crown Tower (or the Albany Tower) was a planned development on Aytoun and Auburn Streets in Manchester England.[4] It would have fronted onto the Rochdale Canal[1] not far from Piccadilly Station and been one of the tallest buildings in Manchester projected to cost £83 million.[2] It was designed by Ian Simpson,[3] for Albany Crown.[1]
Planning permission was given in 2005 but construction has not commenced and the developer entered administration in May 2010.
History
The mixed-use tower's proposed height was 131 m (430 ft), it had 44 floors,[3] providing 35,298.00 square metres of space.[2] The ground floor comprised retail space, while floors 1 to 23 (140,000 square feet of space) would be a hotel and floors 24 to 41 residential, with a penthouse on the top two floors.[5] In total there will be 237 flats.[1] In May 2007, Albany proposed adding a further 10 storeys increasing its height to 160 m (525 ft).[1] Adjoining the tower was a smaller, 11-storey structure, at 49 m (160 ft), with approximately 14,500 square metres of space[2] to be occupied by retail and offices.[5]
A planning application was submitted in February 2005.[6] Albany then purchased the site in October 2005[7] for £6 million.[1] Planning permission was approved on the 11 November 2005.[6]
The site is occupied by five-storey offices built in the 1960s[8] occupied by a Labour Exchange,[1] part of the Department of Employment.[9] It was proposed to be demolished in early 2006 but remains standing.[7]
The project stalled due to the failure of Albany Assets to sell apartments in its other developments.[2][10]
Albany Crown entered administration in May 2010 leaving little chance of the skyscraper being constructed.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 "City towers aim higher and higher". 10 May 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Building - 1873 - Crown Building - Manchester". SkyScraperNews. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Albany Tower, Manchester". Emporis. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "Albany Assets Buy Crown Tower Site". SkyScraperNews. 7 December 2005.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Albany Crown - Manchester (Official site)". Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Manchester City Council: Planning Application Details (074821/FO/2005/C3)". Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Crown Building Faces Troubled Times". SkyScraperNews. 13 June 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "Another Jewel in Manchesters Crown". 14 March 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "Albany wins a towering £6m project". Manchester Evening News. 13 December 2005. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "Albany in administration as property sale collapses". Liverpool Daily Post. 7 June 2007. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ↑ "Albany collapse threatens tower bid". http://www.cnplus.co.uk. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
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