What is CIS Tower?
{{Infobox building |name = CIS Tower |image = Co-operative Insurance Society Tower, Miller Street, Manchester (2) (geograph 2757249).jpg |image_size = 260px |caption = <small>The CIS Tower with solar panel-clad service tower on the left and the glazed office tower on the right</small> |status = Grade II |location = [[Manchester]], England |mapframe=no |coordinates = {{coord|53|29|11|N|2|14|18|W|display=inline,title}} |start_date = 1959 |completion_date = 1962 |opening = 1962 |renovation_date = 2006 | highest_prev = [[Shell Centre]] | highest_next = [[Millbank Tower]] | highest_start = 1962 | highest_end = 1963 | highest_region = the [[United Kingdom]] |building_type = Office |architectural_style= [[Modernist architecture|Modernism]] |antenna_spire = |roof = {{convert|118|m|ft|abbr=on}} |top_floor = |floor_count = 25 |elevator_count = |cost = |floor_area = |architect = [[Gordon Tait]] <br> G. S. Hay |structural_engineer= |main_contractor = |developer = CIS |owner = [[The Co-operative Group]] |management = }} The '''CIS Tower''' is an office skyscraper on Miller Street in [[Manchester]], England. It was completed in 1962 and rises to 387&nbsp;feet (118&nbsp;m) in height. The Grade II [[listed building]], which houses the [[Co-operative Banking Group]], is Manchester's fifth-[[Tallest buildings in Manchester|tallest building]] and the tallest office building in the United Kingdom outside London. The tower remained as built for over 40 years until maintenance issues on the service tower required an extensive renovation which included covering its facade in [[Solar panel|photovoltaic panels]]. The office tower building rises above a five-storey [[podium]] block. [[Category:Buildings and structures in Manchester]] [[Category:Skyscrapers in the United Kingdom]] {{stub}}