Bishopsgate Tower - "The Pinnacle"
The City
Height: 288m | Floors: 63 | Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox | Developer: Union Investment Real Estate AG (formerly known as DIFA)
Links: Bishopsgate Tower promotional video (23mb) | Skyscrapernews listing
Notes:
Piling is complete. Keltbray are back on site, to complete demo of the previous building (by 10th January 2010), and to complete the
enabling works. A new excavation, 5.5 metres below the present basement floor, is to take place in January in preparation for the core in late 2010.
Despite the long wait, it seems highly likely that this tower will eventually be built. All of the retail space has been let, plus over 25% of the office space,
and the four restaurant floors at the top.
Topping-out is scheduled for late 2012, and the building is due to open in 2013.
The City
Height: 288m | Floors: 63 | Architect: Kohn Pederson Fox | Developer: Union Investment Real Estate AG (formerly known as DIFA)
Links: Bishopsgate Tower promotional video (23mb) | Skyscrapernews listing
Notes:
- At 288 metres, the Bishopsgate Tower will form the centrepiece of London’s financial district. It will be over 100 metres taller than
the City's current tallest building, Tower 42. - Plans for a tower on this site have been around since 2002. A previous design by Helmut Jahn was scrapped following concerns over
the base and crown, and its effect on views from Fleet Street. The revised design - by architects Kohn Pederson Fox - is more
sleek and elegantly proportioned, and is intended to complement the neighbouring proposals such as the Leadenhall Building. - A planning application was submitted in June 2005. A revised planning application with a 19m height reduction was submitted
and given final approval in April 2006. In November 2006, the developers secured funding for the project from Arab Investments. - The full planning report for the tower can be accessed by clicking here.
Piling is complete. Keltbray are back on site, to complete demo of the previous building (by 10th January 2010), and to complete the
enabling works. A new excavation, 5.5 metres below the present basement floor, is to take place in January in preparation for the core in late 2010.
Despite the long wait, it seems highly likely that this tower will eventually be built. All of the retail space has been let, plus over 25% of the office space,
and the four restaurant floors at the top.
Topping-out is scheduled for late 2012, and the building is due to open in 2013.