City Tower, Manchester

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Height 107 m (351 ft)
Built 1965
Floors 30
Location Manchester, England
Owner Bruntwood
Usage Office, Retail

City Tower, (formerly known as the Sunley Building) is a 30 storey office block situated at Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester, England. It is currently the third tallest building in Manchester (but expected to fall to eighth by 2012), standing 107 m (351 ft) tall. City tower was completed in 1965, the Plaza complex having been constructed by the developers Bernard Sunley and designed by Covell, Matthews & Partners.

It has entrances onto York Street, and faces Piccadilly Gardens. Over the years, the tower became increasingly run down and as a result many tenants left.[citation needed] A refurbishment programme was drawn up in the late 1990s, but this was never realised until property company Bruntwood purchased Piccadilly Plaza for £65 million in 2004. This plan is in process, with a new central ground floor entrance nearing completion. The next phase involves 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 antennas of local radio stations XFM, Rock Radio and Galaxy on FM as well as digital radio multiplexes Digital One, BBC, MXR North West and CE Manchester.

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Coordinates: 53°28′49″N, 2°14′18″W

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