Loucas Louca, bringing the hotel into the Yianis Group of companies owned by billionaire property developer John Christodoulou. The site was the subject of a seven-year legal battle initiated by the Yianis Group hotel company, Blue Manchester Limited ('BML'). In summer 2021, the protracted dispute between the hotel company BML and the freeholder landlord North West Ground Rents Limited ('NWGR'), part of the publicly quoted Ground Rents Income Fund ('GRIF'), found a resolution with GRIF disposing of its interests in the building. This move came two years after a High Court ruled that NWGR, as building owner, must pay to change screw-stitch pressure plates on the glass panels for a more permanent and aesthetically pleasing solution to fix facade defects. Despite mandatory remedial works estimated to cost £8.9m and modest annual ground rent income of £33,250 from the apartments and £30,902 from the hotel, a buyer was found who acquired the building for a 'nominal' sum. Companies House records show that as of 2 August 2021, Deansgate Freehold Limited has Mr Yiannakis Theophani Christodoulou as the Person of Significant Control, making Yianis Group's John Christodoulou the beneficial owner of the entire building. In popular culture The Beetham Tower featured in television programmes Vertical City (2007) for More 4, Britain From Above for BBC One (2008) and Time Travel (2010) for the National Geographic Channel. It is depicted in the opening titles of numerous television programmes – including The Street, Coronation Street, the Manchester sequence of ITV Sport's England football coverage, and in an official BBC trailer for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup (in reference to Manchester being one of the host cities). Scenes for Series 2 of Scott & Bailey were filmed in the reception area of the hotel, although the scenes were set in Bristol. AMC Cinemas can be seen in the outdoor shots. American band Paramore used an audio sample from a video of the tower howling, throughout the track "Idle Worship" on their 2017 album After Laughter. In an interview with Zane Lowe for Beats 1, guitarist Taylor York admitted to finding out about Beetham Tower online and then went on to sample it in the song. See also No. 1 Deansgate, another glass residential building on the same road, also designed by Simpson Haugh Habitat Sky, a similar skyscraper in Barcelona References External links Beetham Tower, Manchester at BeethamTower.org Why does the Beetham Tower hum?