Westminster House, Manchester
Westminster House is a commercial building on the south east side of Portland Street, Manchester.[2] The building was acquired for use as the headquarters of Greater Manchester County Council on its formation in April 1974.[7] It was then sold on, in 1990, for circa £22 million to County Hall Properties who renamed it "Westminster House"; it was suggested in The Independent that this may have been, in part, to honour the Westminster Government of Margaret Thatcher which had abolished Greater Manchester County Council.[7] The building was later acquired by Aviva Investors,[8] who commissioned an extensive programme of refurbishment works costing £18 million which were carried out by contractors, Styles & Wood, to a design by BDP and completed in summer 2017.[9][10][11] Following completion of the refurbishment works, the building was renamed again, this time simply to 11 Portland Street.