One St Peter's Square: Difference between revisions

| name = One St Peter's Square

| image = [[File:1stpeterssq.jpg|frameless|center]]

| building_type = [[High rise]] office

| architectural_style = Modern classical

| structural_system =

| mapframe = no

| address =

| owner =

| coordinates = {{Coord|53.477205|N|2.244991|W|display=inline,title}}

| start_date = May 2012

| completion_date = September 2014<ref name="Programme" />

| status = Complete

| cost = £60 million<ref name="ConstructionEnquirer" />

| height = {{convert|60|m|ft}}

| roof =

| other_dimensions =

| floor_count = 14

| floor_area = {{convert|268,000|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}}

| architect = [[Glenn Howells]]

| other_designers =

| awards =

| references = <ref name="SkyScraperNews" />

}}

 

The previous building on the site was Elisabeth House, an office block constructed of concrete and built in 1960, and which had weathered badly. It was originally meant to be clad in stone to keep with its context but for financial reasons the exposed concrete was not clad.<ref name="ManchesterHistory" /> It used to house the Dutch Pancake House, which opened in the 1970s and closed in the early 2000s.<ref name="MEN_13Feb18" /> Demolition of Elisabeth House began in late 2011 and the building was fully removed by April 2012.<ref name="BBC18May2012" />{{failed verification|date=November 2014}}

 

Construction of the new building was first proposed in 2009,<ref name="SkyScraperNews18Sep09" /> and was granted planning permission in 2010.<ref name="WorldArchitecture" /> The scheme was approved in July 2011,<ref name="SkyScraperNews21July2011" /> and a 25% pre-let of the building by professional services firm [[KPMG]] enabled construction to begin.<ref name="ManchesterConfidential24Aug2011" /> One St Peter's consists of {{convert|268,000|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}} of [[Office#Grading|Grade A]] office space.<ref name="OneStPetersSquareIntro" />

 

Three further high-rise office blocks are proposed adjacent to One St Peter's; the completed 12-storey building known as [[Two St Peter's Square]]),<ref name="IanSimpson" /> a 14-storey building named Landmark on the site of the [[Odeon Cinema, Manchester|former Odeon cinema]], and an 11-storey block to the east (known as 3 St Peter's Square).<ref name="3StPetersSquare" />

 

[[File:One St Peter's Square from Oxford Street.JPG|thumb|right|One St Peter's Square from [[Oxford Road, Manchester|Oxford Street]], August 2014]]

In May 2014, it was reported that the restaurant chain San Carlo is set to open its fifth Manchester venue, launching a {{convert|5,500|sqft|sqm|abbr=on}} restaurant in One St Peter’s Square in late October-early November 2014.<ref name="MEN28May2014" />

 

==References==

{{Reflist|2|refs=

<ref name="Programme">{{Cite web |title=One St. Peter's Square – Programme |url=http://www.onestpeterssquare.com/programme/ |access-date=2012-11-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615115721/http://www.onestpeterssquare.com/programme/ |archive-date=2013-06-15 }}</ref>

<ref name="SkyScraperNews">{{Cite news |title=One St Peter's Square |url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=6185 |work=skyscrapernews.com |access-date=2012-06-01}}</ref>

<ref name="SkyScraperNews18Sep09">{{Cite news |title=Howells Elisabeth House Plans Revealed |url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/news.php?ref=2295 |work=skyscrapernews.com |date=18 September 2009 |access-date=2012-06-01}}</ref>

<ref name="ManchesterConfidential24Aug2011">{{Cite news |title=KPMG picks 1 St Peter's Square for new home |url=http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Property/KPMG-picks-1-St-Peters-Square-for-new-home |work=Manchester Confidential |date=24 August 2011 |access-date=2012-06-01}}</ref>

<ref name="OneStPetersSquareIntro">{{Cite web |title=One St Peter's Square – Introduction |url=http://www.onestpeterssquare.com/ |access-date=2012-11-17}}</ref>

<ref name="ManchesterConfidential15Oct2012">{{citation |title=Stirling Prize, 2012, Manchester: Observed |last=Griffin |first=Phil |url=http://www.manchesterconfidential.co.uk/Culture/Architecture/Stirling-Prizes-2012-Manchester-Observed |work=Manchester Confidential |date=15 October 2012 |access-date=2012-10-16}}</ref>

<ref name="MEN28May2014">{{Cite web |title=San Carlo to open fifth Manchester restaurant |date=28 May 2014 |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/san-carlo-open-fumo-fifth-7182536 |access-date=2014-09-02}}</ref>

<ref name="PersionFund">{{Cite web|url=http://www.professionalpensions.com/professional-pensions/news/2118335/bt-gmpf-invest-st-peter-s-sq|title = BT and GMPF invest in One St Peter's Sq|date = 20 October 2011}}</ref>

 

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