City Tower, Manchester

City Tower, (formerly the Sunley Building) is a 30-storey office block situated at Piccadilly Gardens in 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 and designed by Covell, Matthews & Partners. It is currently the third tallest building in Manchester and expected to fall to eighth by 2012, 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 property...