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One First Street
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One First Street is an office building beside
Medlock Street on the site of the former Gaythorn
Gas Works. After the gas works was cleared, an
office building was erected. Initially it was a
grey clad structure designed by P. Shuttleworth of
Building Design Partnership for the British
Council and completed in 1991. At that point
it was called Grand Island. Subsequently the
British Council moved out of Manchester and in
1997 British Telecom became the occupant.
The grey clad building was transformed into the
structure we see today. That process can be
seen in the images below, shown with the
generous permission of Nick Grayson.
    The images below show the transformation.    In 2010 new residents
moved into "Number One". Manchester City Council
were embarking on a refurbishment of the Town Hall
Extension and the Central Library so they moved 1,400
staff into the building until the work was completed.
***************In 2015 Number One First Street
sits at the heart of a new £500m developments that
includes the Home Arts Centre, a new hotel, a
retail/restaurant building and a multi-storey car
park.
  At that time, marketing information
for the building said that it offered, "...
Approximately 180,000 sq ft of Grade A BREEAM
‘Excellent’ office accommodation, in the finest
setting of any office building in
Manchester. Natural light floods through to
all floors via a stunning central full height
atrium." It added that there were, "...
Plans to create an amazing focal point with the
installation of Europe’s largest living green
walls to the rear elevation adjoining the main
square."
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