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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
The 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
Colliers Yard (155m)
The Blade (154m)
The Circle (154m)
Viadux Tower 1 (136m)
Victoria Residence Tower 1 (119m)
Union Living, St John's Tower 1 (113m)
Irwell Tower (110m)
Anchorage Gateway, Anchorage Quay (101m)
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
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
Trinity Islands Tower 1 (183m)
One Heritage Tower (173m)
Trinity Islands Tower 2 (169m)
Student Castle Tower 1 (168m)
Cotton Quay Tower 1 (158m)
Trinity Islands Tower 3 (146m)
Downing Living Tower 1 (139m)
St Michaels's Tower 1 (135m)
Plot C, Greengage (129m)
Angel Meadow Park (128m)
Colliers Yard Tower 2 (126m)
Cotton Quay Tower 2 (123m)
Trinity Islands Tower 3 (120m)
10-12 Whitworth Street (117m)
The Gasworks Tower 1 (107m)
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
Trinity Islands Tower D1 (183m)
Park Place, 34 Great Jackson Street Tower 1 (172m)
Park Place, 34 Great Jackson Street Tower 2 (172m)
Plot F, Tower 1 (154m)
Plot F, Tower 2 (154m)
X1 Michigan Towers Tower 1 (127m)
Premier Inn Site Tower 1 (123m)
Northlight Tower (115m)
Gorton Street Tower, Greengate (112m)
X1 Michigan Towers Tower 2 (109m)
VITA, Water Street Tower (108m)
Port Street Tower, Piccadilly Basin (103m)
Middlewood Locks, Phase 4 Tower 1 (101m)
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Ascension, Hall Green
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St Agnes, Moseley
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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
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
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SS Peter & Paul, Aston
St Philip's Cathedral
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