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A historic Manchester tower will be demolished to make way for skyscrapers complete with ‘saunas and ice baths’ — but no affordable flats.

Albert Bridge House, an 18-storey office block which opened in 1959 as one of the city’s tallest buildings, will be knocked down after developers Oval won planning permission from Manchester council to replace it with two skyscrapers, 37 and 49 storeys tall on Thursday (October 23).

That was despite councillors hitting out at the 800-home project for not containing a single affordable home.

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“If we were going to recommit this commercial footprint I would have liked affordable properties,” said Liberal Democrat Coun Richard Kilpatrick.

“It’s very frustrating when we can se

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