Manchester One

Manchester One, formerly known as Portland Tower and previously St. Andrew's House, is a high-rise building in Manchester, England, owned by Bruntwood and let out as office space. The tower is located at 53 Portland Street from which it was named. The tower was one of the first high-rise buildings built in the 1960s and 1970s in the United Kingdom.

Manchester One
General information
TypeOffice
Location53 Portland Street Manchester, England
Coordinates53.4781°N 2.238191°W / 53.4781; -2.238191
Completed1962
Height
Roof80 m (260 ft)
Top floor21
Technical details
Floor count21
Floor area9,500 square metres (102,000 sq ft)
Design and construction
ArchitectLeach Rhodes Walker
References
[1]

In 2002, the west side of the tower was painted bright yellow and boasted the logo for the 2002 Commonwealth Games. It is now dwarfed by the CIS and Beetham Towers. It was one of Manchester's tallest buildings when completed, and has since been renovated as part of Manchester city centre's regeneration. At 80 m (260 ft), it is the joint eighth-tallest building in Manchester alongside the Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

Name

The tower was built as St. Andrew's House and was renamed Portland Tower in the 1990s. Bruntwood subsequently renamed the building "Manchester One" in November 2012.[2]

Occupiers

Occupiers include:

  • Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Manchester
  • Cundall
  • Gaydio, Manchester's LGBT radio station
  • ibrl, Centre of Excellence
  • Diversity Travel
  • Numerical Algorithms Group

References
  1. "Manchester One". SkyscraperPage.
  2. http://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/news/archive/12649-bruntwood-to-re-launch-portland-tower-as-manchester-one.html


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