Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Plans for a skyscraper behind Piccadilly station dating back more than 15 years have finally ended after the site was sold to make way for HS2.
The plot of land, currently a surface car park, on Store Street was first bought by developer Ballymore in 2003. Planning permission for a 60-storey residential tower with hotel and leisure facilities was granted in 2005 and building work began.
But the tower - which would have been the tallest residential building in Europe at one time - was stalled by the recession in 2008.
Attempts to reignite the scheme never got off the ground and Ballymore put the site up for sale in 2016. Get the latest updates from across
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