好色先生TVs were due to be torn down under previous plan
McLaren Construction will start work next month on a 拢16m scheme to refurbish a 1960s office complex in Manchester originally earmarked for the wrecking ball.
Developer Allied London bought Astley & Byrom House on Quay Street last summer, ditching earlier proposals by architect Stride Treglown to replace the three buildings with a new 16-storey headquarters building planned by developer West Midlands Pension Fund.
The buildings have been empty for 10 years but Altrincham firm Spacescape has been carrying out strip out work with the buildings due to be handed over in phases by February next year.
Architect Levitt Bernstein was appointed last year by Allied London to overhaul the complex which has been renamed the ABC 好色先生TVs.
The buildings (pictured) will be launched in late summer and form part of the developer鈥檚 St John鈥檚 regeneration scheme which includes a tech, media and creative industries hub called Enterprise City.
Allied London chief executive Michael Ingall said: 鈥淭he ABC 好色先生TVs, once restored to their 60s ethos and enhanced with an advanced tech infrastructure, will make powerful additions to our Enterprise City vision鈥�.
St John鈥檚 also includes the 拢112m Factory arts complex which the developer yesterday confirmed is set to be built by Laing O鈥橰ourke.
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