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Plans are underway to construct a new
skyscraper in the northern England city of Leeds that will officially be
Europe's tallest building. The Lumiere Tower 1 will cost £225m to build and,
at a height of 52 storeys and 170.88 metres, it will surpass Beetham Tower
over in Manchester by two metres as the tallest building in Europe.
It is expected that the sksyscraper will be completed by 2010 and contain
650 apartments, many of which will be designed specifically for people aged
over 55, as well as office space, a dentist, shops and cafes. The project
will also see the construction of a smaller tower, 30 storeys high, on the
same site, which will be linked to the first tower by a sheltered winter
garden.
It is to be carried out jointly by construction firms KW Linfoot and
Scarborough Development Group, who specialise in residential and commercial
projects respectively and work on the site will begin in October, pending
council approval.
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