The Beetham Organisation is a privately owned property development and investment company

Investment company

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 based in Liverpool

Liverpool

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, UK. It was founded by Hugh Frost as Oastdren Investments in 1985. Its primary focus is city centre real estate, specialising in hotel, residential and office projects. , Hugh Frost owned 67%, his sons Stephen Beetham (born Stephen Frost) owned 27% and Simon Frost held the remaining 6% of the company. Stephen changed his name from Frost to Beetham after he the sect into which he had been born, the Plymouth Brethren

Plymouth Brethren

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. Beetham is an ancestral family name; the name of the business was changed soon afterwards.

Their portfolio includes;

• Beetham Tower
  Beetham Tower, Liverpool
  Beetham Tower, Liverpool is a residential apartment building in the British city of Liverpool. Its close neighbour and the tallest building in Liverpool, the West Tower was also developed by the Beetham Organization....
  
  , Liverpool
  Liverpool
  Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
  
  
• 10 Holloway Circus
  10 Holloway Circus
  10 Holloway Circus is a tall mixed-use skyscraper in Birmingham city centre, England. It is named after the developers, Beetham Organization, and was designed by Ian Simpson and built by Laing O'Rourke. When it was completed in 2006, it was estimated to have cost around £72 million to construct...
  
   also known as Beetham Tower, Birmingham
• Beetham Tower
  Beetham Tower, Manchester
  Beetham Tower is a landmark 47-storey residential skyscraper in Manchester city centre, England. Completed in 2006, it is named after the developers, Beetham Organization, was designed by Ian Simpson, and built by Carillion....
  
  , Manchester
  Manchester
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  , also known as the Hilton Tower
• West Tower
  West Tower
  West Tower is a 40-storey tall skyscraper in Liverpool, England. The building was the second tower to be built by Carillion in Liverpool for property developers Beetham, who now use the building as their headquarters.-Description:...
  
   also known as Beetham Tower West, Liverpool
• Beetham Tower, Brighton
  Brighton
  Brighton is the major part of the city of Brighton and Hove in East Sussex, England on the south coast of Great Britain...
  
  
• Beetham Tower, London
  London
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External links

• The Beetham Organisation Website (requires flash-player)
• Beetham Towers Skyscrapernews.com files on all the Beetham projects