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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]
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
Under construction
Birmingham Octagon (155m) Glasswater Locks (123m) Cortland Broad Street (111m) Exchange Square Phase 2 (111m) South Central Tower (100m) Maker's Yard (100m) Liverpool London One Nine Elms East (200m) Harcourt Gardens (192m) The Madison (184m) Vauxhall Square North (168m) Vauxhall Square South (168m) One Nine Elms West (161m) Heron Quays West 2/One Bank Street (147m) Canada Water Building C4 (140m) Heron Plaza (135m) 101 George Street, Croydon (135m) Two Fifty One (134m) The Atlas Building (134m) Keybridge Lofts (128m) Nine Elms Point (126m) One Crown Place South (123m) The Stage Shoreditch (115m) One Casson Square, Southbank Place (113m) Ram Quarter Residential Tower (113m) One Crown Place North (106m) Upper Riverside (102m) Stratford Central (101m) Manchester Salford Sheffield
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 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) Berwick Tower (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 1 Undershaft (295m) 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) Plot C, Crown Street Tower 1 (154m) Plot C, Crown Street Tower 2 (154m) 1 Bridge Street Tower 1 (147m) Plot C, Crown Street Tower 3 (139m) Plot C, Crown Street Tower 4 (139m) One Medlock Street Tower 1 (117m) Northlight Tower (115m) Great Northern Warehouse Tower 1 (112m) VITA, Water Street Tower (108m) Dulwich Street, Victoria North (102m) Salford X1 Michigan Towers Tower 1 (127m) Trinity Point, Park Street Tower 1 (123m) Gorton Street Tower, Greengate (112m) X1 Michigan Towers Tower 2 (109m) Middlewood Locks, Phase 4 Tower 1 (101m)
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Religious
Christian Ascension, Hall Green St Agatha, Sparkbrook St Agnes, Moseley St Alban, Highgate St Andrew, Handsworth St Anne, Moseley St Anne, Digbeth St Augustine, Edgbaston St Barnabas, Erdington St Bartholomew, Edgbaston St Benedict's, Bordesley Bishop Latimer, Winson Green St Catherine, Bristol Street St Chad's Cathedral St Cyprian, Hay Mills St David, Shenley Green St Edburgha, Yardley St Edward, Selly Park Erdington Abbey SS Faith & Laurence, Harborne St Francis, Bournville St Francis, Handsworth St Gabriel, Weoley Castle St George, Edgbaston St Giles, Sheldon Handsworth Cemetery Chapel Holy Trinity, Birchfield Holy Trinity & St Luke Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield St James, Handsworth St John, Ladywood St John, Perry Barr St John, Sparkhill St Laurence, Northfield St Lazar, Bournville St Martin, Bull Ring St Mark, Washwood Heath St Mary, Acocks Green St Mary, Handsworth St Mary, Moseley St Mary, Selly Oak St Mary's Convent Methodist Central Hall St Michael & All Angels, Bartley Green St Michael, Handsworth St Michael, Moor Street St Nicolas, Kings Norton Oratory St Paul, Birmingham St Paul, Lozells St Peter, Harborne SS Peter & Paul, Aston St Philip's Cathedral St Silas, Lozells Stechford Baptist Islamic Jewish Sikh Hindu
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