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- ↑ "Apache Capital Partners - Homepage". Apachecapital.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ "Moda Living plans £145m Birmingham PRS tower". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ "£85m funding secured from German bank for residential skyscraper in Manchester". Manchester Evening News . Retrieved 16 January 2017.