West Tower [SEP] architect
Awards.
At the 4th Liverpool Daily Post Regional Property Awards in association with RBS, Beetham West Tower won Aedas the best Mixed Use Development prize. This prize was awarded for best use of land which would normally have stood barren; creation of an "iconic" building; and best use of limited space.
Administration.
In February 2011, the West Tower went into administration after the parent companies were hit by falling property prices. Out of the 123 apartments, 106 had been purchased as buy to let investments
and investment banking.
History of BHF Bank.
The bank was formed on 1 January 1970 as the Berliner Handels- und Frankfurter Bank from the merger of the Frankfurter Bank (founded in 1854) and the Berliner Handels-Gesellschaft (founded in 1856). In 1970, when the BHF-Bank tower was built by the German architect Sep Ruf, it was the highest building in Frankfurt. The banks changed its name to BHF-Bank in 1975. Through the 1970s and 1980s it was in the top three to