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Residential in Birmingham, United Kingdom
The Mercian (also known as 212 Broad Street by its address and formerly known as 2one2 Broad Street and Broad Street Tower) is a 132-metre-tall (433 ft) residential skyscraper on Broad Street in Birmingham, England. It is designed by Glenn Howells Architects, the developer is Moda Living and the main contractor is John Sisk & Son.[1]
The building is 42 storeys in height, consisting of a 39-storey residential building (30 studios, 163 one bed, 260 two bed and 28 three-bedroom apartments) which sits on a three-storey podium with over 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of community amenity space. The build is valued at £183m and was completed in May 2022.[2]
The tower sits perpendicular to the street with the front-facing Five Ways. Originally, a helipad was proposed to be located on top of the building on a podium, but this was removed from the design, though the podium remained with some minor changes.[citation needed]
The tower was scheduled to be presented before a planning committee in late August 2006. However, the developers pulled out minutes before the meeting to make changes.[3]
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The application was presented again on 28 September and whilst it was originally deferred due to lack of information, concerns over height and payment of money under Section 106, it was later approved.[4][5] The updated proposal boasted a partial redesign, increasing the height of the tower and creating a redesigned façade. Construction of the skyscraper began in April 2019.[6]
The Mercian is the tallest building in Birmingham and the second tallest structure, after the BT Tower. However, this title is expected to be handed over to Octagon, a 49-storey skyscraper currently under construction and due for completion in 2025.
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Buildings over 100 metres in the United Kingdom
Approved
Belfast
Bedford Square Phase 2 (105m)
Birmingham
100 Broad Street (193m)
One Eastside (155m)
The Tower Leaf (Irish Centre) (146m)
Great Charles Street (126m)
Martineau Galleries 2C (126m)
211 Broad Street ‘Barcode’ (117m)
Beorma Tower (113m)
Upper Trinity Street (102m)
Lower Essex Square (100m)
Cardiff
Leicester
Westbridge Hotel Tower (117m)
London
1 Undershaft (295m)
Riverside South (237m)
One Lansdowne Road East Tower (236m)
Heron Quays West (198m)
Riverside South (186m)
Ludgate House (161m)
1 Merchant Square (150m)
20 Blackfriars Road Residential Tower (141m)
Doon Street Tower (141m)
54 Marsh Wall (140m)
Infinity Towers Building B (127m)
Convoys Wharf Tower 1 (116m)
South Quay Plaza 2 (115m)
Quill (109m)
Sampson House (108m)
Infinity Towers Building B (104m)
The Gateway Building (101m)
Manchester
Student Castle Tower 1 (168m)
Plot F Tower 1 (154m)
Plot F Tower 2 (154m)
Trinity Islands Tower 3 (146m)
Angel Meadow Park (128m)
Trinity Islands Tower 4 (120m)
Vision Tower (117m)
The Gasworks Tower 1 (107m)
Port Street Tower, Piccadilly Basin (100m)
Salford
Waterloo Place (173m)
Cotton Quay Tower 1 (158m)
Parkside at Colliers Yard (123m)
Cotton Quay, Salford Quays Tower 2 (123m)
Sheffield
Proposed
Birmingham
Smallbrook Queensway 2 (180m)
Curzon Wharf, Tower 1 (172m)
Thorp Tower (170m)
Smallbrook Queensway 3 (155m)
Project Drvie (150m)
HUB (Snowhill Plaza) (150m)
Smallbrook Queensway 1 (140m)
Curzon Wharf, Tower 2 (134m)
Smithfield Tower (110m)
Axis Square Tower 2 (100m)
Warner’s Fields (100m)
Glasgow
Savoy Centre Towers (110m)
Leeds
CEG Southbank Tower 1 (136m)
Liverpool
London
Quay House (235m)
North Quay Tower 1 (222m)
North Quay Tower 2 (212m)
North Quay Tower 3 (203m)
Vauxhall Cross Island (175m)
The Goodsyard (166m)
One Park Place (162m)
Project Skylines (160m)
Stratford Waterfront Tower 1 (160m)
Stratford Waterfront Tower 2 (160m)
225 Marsh Wall (158m)
30 Marsh Wall (139m)
82 West India Road (136m)
East Village E20 Tower 1 (135m)
East Village E20 Tower 2 (135m)
Cuba Street Tower 1 (134m)
20 Ropemaker Street (129m)
Cherry Park Tower 1 (121m)
Elephant and Castle Town Centre Tower 1 (121m)
Mondial House (120m)
Elephant and Castle Town Centre Tower 3 (117m)
Borough Triangle (115m)
Rudolf Place (115m)
16-19 Hatfields/1-5 Paris Garden (110m)
The Culinary Quarter Tower 1 (110m)
North Quay Tower 4 (107m)
East Village E20 Tower 4 (103m)
Manchester
The Lighthouse (213m)
Park Place, 34 Great Jackson Street Tower 1 (172m)
Park Place, 34 Great Jackson Street Tower 2 (172m)
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