Baffling building and local landmark to be occupied for first time since 2017
The Stockport Pyramid, as baffling a presence to daily commuters on the M60 as it is to tourists passing on the train from Euston, is due to get its first tenant since 2017.
Talks are in motion for Royal Nawaab, formerly based at the banquet hall in Levenshulme, a former cinema, to take up residence in what is surely one of the strangest pieces of real estate in the North West.
Since 2017 the building has edged ever closer to being its own sort of ancient monument
Funded back in 1992 by The Co-operative, who moved in three years later after failing to find a tenant, the building has long been a head-scratcher both for locals and passersby.
After Co-operative Bank moved to NOMA in 2017 the building has laid dormant ever since, with every passing year seeing it edge closer to being its own sort of ancient monument.
Eamar Developments bought the building for £4.5m in 2019, and it has been confirmed via Place North West that the landlord is now in talks with Royal Nawaab owner Mahboob Hussain for it to be put to use.
The 86,000 sq ft building would be converted into a restaurant and banquet hall, with more details on its future use to be expected later this month.
The architects back in 1992 were Michael Hyde and Associates of Manchester and Sheffield, now better know as MHA, with a website that appears to keep silent about the association with 'the Pyramid'.
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