Post by Kev on Jan 10, 2004 8:14:43 GMT -5
The Beetham Tower scheme in Old Hall Street (left) is nearly finished as Liverpool's skyline has gradually, but spectacularly changed in two years.
Staff at the 4/5 star Radisson SAS hotel began taking bookings last November and are preparing to open to the public next month.
Liverpool property developer Beetham also aims to put the finishing touches to it s 13 3-apartment 29-storey luxury residential tower block soon after, in early spring.
Tenants of the neighbouring new office block, including finance group Unisys, are also preparing to move in within the next few months.
Work began on the site of the former St Paul's Eye hospital in 2002.
Significant parts of the development were manufactured off- site and transported into Liverpool by a fleet of lorries where five towering cranes lifted hundreds of concrete panels and window frames into place for assembly by an army of construction workers.
However, as Beetham Tower soared steadily to 295ft above street level, developers were just as focused on the tiny former cottage that nestles in its shadow and was rescued from demolition by incorporating it into the hotel scheme.
Originally the ticket office when the site was a canal basin where coal was shipped in and unloaded long before St Paul's was built, it was first dismantled brick by brick as work began.
Builders then painstakingly reassembled the cottage, i ncorporating today's modern building standards, so that it now forms part of the hotel's restaurant.
Beetham director Roy Frost said: "We are delighted to have been the catalyst in one of the largest regeneration projects within Liverpool's recent history."
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Staff at the 4/5 star Radisson SAS hotel began taking bookings last November and are preparing to open to the public next month.
Liverpool property developer Beetham also aims to put the finishing touches to it s 13 3-apartment 29-storey luxury residential tower block soon after, in early spring.
Tenants of the neighbouring new office block, including finance group Unisys, are also preparing to move in within the next few months.
Work began on the site of the former St Paul's Eye hospital in 2002.
Significant parts of the development were manufactured off- site and transported into Liverpool by a fleet of lorries where five towering cranes lifted hundreds of concrete panels and window frames into place for assembly by an army of construction workers.
However, as Beetham Tower soared steadily to 295ft above street level, developers were just as focused on the tiny former cottage that nestles in its shadow and was rescued from demolition by incorporating it into the hotel scheme.
Originally the ticket office when the site was a canal basin where coal was shipped in and unloaded long before St Paul's was built, it was first dismantled brick by brick as work began.
Builders then painstakingly reassembled the cottage, i ncorporating today's modern building standards, so that it now forms part of the hotel's restaurant.
Beetham director Roy Frost said: "We are delighted to have been the catalyst in one of the largest regeneration projects within Liverpool's recent history."
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What do you think about this project?
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