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It stands with its longer front on the east side of the Strand, and extends round the corner into Water Street. The building is located directly opposite the Royal Liver Building, which was designed by the same architect, Walter Aubrey Thomas. The structure was originally designed for use as an office building, and is one of the earliest steel-framed buildings in England. It has been converted into apartments and units for commercial and retail use.\nEarlier buildings on the site have been a sandstone mansion, and a later fortified house known as the Tower of Liverpool.", "narrative_license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "narrative_source": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Building,_Liverpool", "zoning_change": null, "public_subsidy": null, "entitlement_year": null, "planning_notes": null, "wikidata_qid": "Q7829642", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Building,_Liverpool", "osm_id": null, "verified": "draft", "verified_by": null, "last_verified": null, "last_updated": "2026-10-18", "created": "2026-10-18", "contributor_name": null, "contributor_org": null, "contributor_link": null, "international": 1, "county_fips": null, "opp_score": null, "opp_reasons": null, "for_sale": 0, "distressed": 0, "url": "https://retrofitatlas.org/office-parks/united-kingdom/liverpool-tower-building/", "events": [{"year": 1910, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "construction completed", "source_id": 9093}, {"year": 2006, "date": null, "kind": "note", "detail": "converted into apartments and commercial/retail units", "source_id": 9094}], "sources": [{"id": 9092, "site_id": "n-15608fddc1", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Building,_Liverpool", "title": "Tower Building, Liverpool", "publisher": "Wikipedia", "date": null, "quote": "Tower Building", "kind": "wikipedia", "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0", "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 9093, "site_id": "n-15608fddc1", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Building,_Liverpool", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "The present building was designed in 1906 by Walter Aubrey Thomas, and its construction was completed in 1910.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}, {"id": 9094, "site_id": "n-15608fddc1", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_Building,_Liverpool", "title": "Timeline", "publisher": null, "date": null, "quote": "In 2006 it was converted into apartments, and into units for commercial and retail use.", "kind": "quote", "license": null, "retrieved": "2026-10-18"}], "deals": [], "parties": [], "parcels": [], "context": {"assessment": {"what_happened": "Converted from office building to housing and retail (completed 2006).", "why": "Reinhabitation strategy applied; 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