Editing Factory Records (section)

===1990s===
Factory's headquarters (FAC 251) on Charles Street, near the [[New Broadcasting House, Manchester|Oxford Road BBC building]], were opened in September 1990 (prior to which the company was still registered at Alan Erasmus' flat in [[Didsbury]]).{{citation needed|date=March 2013}}

In 1991, Factory suffered two tragedies: the deaths of Martin Hannett and [[Dave Rowbotham]]. Hannett had recently re-established a relationship with the label, working with Happy Mondays, and tributes including a compilation album and a festival were organised. Rowbotham was one of the first musicians signed by the label; he was an original member of the Durutti Column and shared the guitar role with Vini Reilly; he was murdered and his body was found in his flat in [[Burnage]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Larkin, Colin|title=Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music|page= 1274|publisher=Guinness Publications|date= 1995| isbn =1-56159-176-9}}</ref> Saville's association with Factory was now reduced to simply designing for New Order and their solo projects (the band itself was in suspension, with various members recording as [[Electronic (band)|Electronic]], [[Revenge (UK band)|Revenge]] and [[The Other Two (duo)|the Other Two]]).

By 1992, the label's two most successful bands caused the label serious financial trouble. The Happy Mondays were recording their troubled fourth album ''[[Yes Please!]]'' in [[Barbados]], and New Order reportedly spent £400,000 on recording their comeback album ''[[Republic (album)|Republic]]''. [[London Records]] were interested in taking over Factory but the deal fell through when it emerged that, due to Factory's early practice of eschewing contracts, New Order rather than the label owned New Order's back catalogue.<ref name="NME13082015" />

Factory Communications Ltd, the company formed in 1981, declared bankruptcy in November 1992. Many former Factory acts, including New Order, found a new home at London Records.<ref name="NME13082015" />

[[File:Hacienda flats.jpg|thumb|left|The new Haçienda apartments in 2007]]The Haçienda closed in 1997 and the building was demolished shortly afterwards. It was replaced by a modern luxury apartment block in 2003, also called The Haçienda.<ref name="apartment">{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/iconic-manchester-nightclub-the-hacienda-recreated-685476 |title=Iconic Manchester nightclub the Hacienda recreated at Victoria and Albert Museum in London |access-date=2013-09-26|work=Manchester Evening News|date=28 March 2012 }}</ref> In October 2009, [[Peter Hook]] published his book on his time as co-owner of the Haçienda, ''How Not to Run a Club'', and in 2010 he had six bass guitars made using wood from the Haçienda's dancefloor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cerysmaticfactory.info/fac51_the_hacienda_bass_guitar.html |title=FAC 51 The Hacienda Limited Edition Peter Hook Bass Guitar |access-date=20 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225092323/http://cerysmaticfactory.info/fac51_the_hacienda_bass_guitar.html |archive-date=25 December 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/peter-hooks-gig-with-bass-guitar-902292 |title=Peter Hook's gig with bass guitar made from Hacienda floor |author=Ben Turner |work=manchestereveningnews |date= 12 January 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.messengernewspapers.co.uk/news/10482513.Altrincham_shop_lands_rare_guitar/?ref=rss |title=Altrincham shop lands rare guitar |author=Rick Bowen |work=messengernewspapers.co.uk |date= 13 June 2013}}</ref>