Otterspool Tower
| Otterspool Tower | |
|---|---|
Artist's impression as shown in the Liverpool Echo in February 1998. | |
| General information | |
| Status | Never built |
| Type | Mixed-use |
| Location | Liverpool, United Kingdom |
| Address | Festival Gardens Riverside Drive Liverpool L17 7EG |
| Coordinates | 53°22′25″N 2°57′30″W / 53.3736968°N 2.9582352°W |
| Cost | £750,000,000 (partial) |
| Height | 305 m (1,000 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 79 |
| Floor area | 400,000 m2 (4,300,000 sq ft) |
| Design and construction | |
| Architecture firm | Ruddle Wilkinson |
| Developer | Wiggins Group |
Otterspool Tower is a name commonly given to a supertall skyscraper that was proposed in Liverpool, United Kingdom. Developers, Wiggins Group, first touted the idea in 1995 before moving forward with the proposal in 1998. Also dubbed the "Scousescraper", the building was set to be 305 m (1,000 ft) high and would have become the tallest building in Europe at the time. It was never built.
Part of a £750 million regeneration vision of the former Festival Gardens site, the "grandiose" tower was planned to be predominantly leisure based, including such features as a 2,500 bed five-star hotel, a theme park and a giant waterfall.
However, following negative reception, the plans were ultimately confirmed scrapped in late 1999; the developers subsequently claimed the proposal had only ever been made to "test the water", rather than being a truly serious concept.