HS2 buys Manchester resi tower site from Ballymore

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Source: Ballymore

Acquisition means 60-storey scheme now unlikely to be built out

Plans for a 60-storey residential tower in Manchester have been scrapped, with HS2 buying the site from developer Ballymore.

The 188m Piccadilly Tower scheme, which was designed by architects Woods Bagot and Calderpeel, includes 701 apartments, a 220-bed hotel and 3,600 sq m of retail space and was given planning in 2005.

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