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The Albany Crown Tower (or the Albany Tower) was a planned development on Aytoun and Auburn Streets in Manchester England.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Albany Assets Buy Crown Tower Site )〕 It would have fronted onto the Rochdale Canal〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=City towers aim higher and higher )〕 not far from Piccadilly Station and been one of the tallest buildings in Manchester projected to cost £83 million. It was designed by Ian Simpson,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Albany Tower, Manchester )〕 for Albany Crown.〔 Planning permission was given in 2005 but construction never 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,〔 providing 35,298.00 square metres of space.〔 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Albany Crown - Manchester (Official site) )〕 In total there will be 237 flats.〔 In May 2007, Albany proposed adding a further 10 storeys increasing its height to 160 m (525 ft).〔 Adjoining the tower was a smaller, 11-storey structure, at 49 m (160 ft), with approximately 14,500 square metres of space〔 to be occupied by retail and offices.〔 A planning application was submitted in February 2005.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Manchester City Council: Planning Application Details (074821/FO/2005/C3) )〕 Albany then purchased the site in October 2005 for £6 million.〔 Planning permission was approved on the 11 November 2005.〔 The site was occupied by five-storey offices designed by David Thomson in 1936 and built between 1948 and 1951 when the architect E H Montague Ebbs took over the project,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Aytoun Street Employment Exchange )〕 and occupied by a Labour Exchange,〔 part of the Department of Employment. It was proposed to be demolished in early 2006 but demolition started in 2104. A hotel run by Holiday Inn is currently under construction on the site.〔 The project stalled due to the failure of Albany Assets to sell apartments in its other developments.〔〔 〕 Albany Crown entered administration in May 2010 and the construction of the hotel finally put paid to the chance of the skyscraper ever being constructed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Albany Crown Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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