30 Crown Place | City of London | 81m | 19 fl

[Cabman]

Originally Posted by Varenukha

Hmmmm..... that zone east of Moorgate/City Rd and around Worship St is actually a very interesting, if a little lifeless, area. Although it's always good news if existing eyesores bite the dust, those renders don't convince me that this development will add much to this area.

It was a very lively place up untill the early 90's when the printing industry moved out. I was often stuck in the same street for ages, double parked vehicles, lorries unloading etc. You could drive trough the area in them days, now it seems a little cut off from everything, still that is progress.

[okletsgo]

Originally Posted by wearethefuture

Broadgate looks horrible in this picture, too large and way too overbearing

Sorry, I think its the picture thats the problem , not how the thing would look in real life.

Too often on this forum people are forming opinions on "renderings" that are not very realistic, as if they were the real thing, please bear in mind you are responding to the "rendering" and it may not be accurate.

[wjfox]

I'm pretty sure it's accurate

[mulattokid]

Originally Posted by Jamandell (d69)

I agree about Broadgate, very tall yes (I hadn't taken it in), but eep, very very wide (at that angle)

Yes..it is too late to take a slice out of the middle and have twin sleek towers

[Varenukha]

If I remember correctly, the side-on perspective of the Bgate tower is not as uniform as that render suggests: vertical full height projections and a lateral asymmetry that will help its appearance, no?

[gothicform]

yes thats very much the case. remember its not a simple rectangle but a parallellagram

[okletsgo]

Originally Posted by wjfox2002

I'm pretty sure it's accurate

I'm not trying to put you down but...
A rendering can not be accurate without proper lighting and materials, in addition its hard to get the angle of a building right from a particular view point without a 3D programm and proper citing of the building without a street layout.
Not taking these things into account means that a rendering is not accurate.

cheers

[mulattokid]

However good a render is...it is not the real thing. Just about everything ever built in any place in any country for the last 100 years or more has a render and it has no stopped them being loved or loathed. That takes time, trends and politics.

[gothicform]

A rendering can not be accurate without proper lighting and materials, in addition its hard to get the angle of a building right from a particular view point without a 3D programm and proper citing of the building without a street layout.

this is why i want to know the PRECISE location, then i can do a proper one

[wjfox]

As Luke said in the other thread, groundwork is expected to begin in October.

So, by the end of the year, work should be taking place on the following projects in the City -

Broadgate 165m
Willis 125m
100 Middlesex Street 105m
Stock Exchange reclad 100m
Ropermaker Place 93m
30 Crown Place 81m
Mitre Square 80m
Drapers Gardens redevelopment 74m

With a certain 225m building starting in January... (hopefully)

[london lad]

Originally Posted by wjfox2002

As Luke said in the other thread, groundwork is expected to begin in October.

So, by the end of the year, work should be taking place on the following projects in the City -


100 Middlesex Street 105m

(hopefully)

You sure this ones starting I thought it was still occupied

[potto]

final stages of demolition


Broadgate tower underconstruction around the corner, will be an interesting relationship and I think this building will add a satisfying conclusion on the skyline to the Broadgate/Liverpool St Station complex

[london lad]

City Offices is in advance talks to acquire a City of London development site near Broadgate to build a 17-storey office tower.


08.09.2006

City Offices, which has teamed up with an unnamed institutional investor, is in talks to acquire the scheme at 30 Crown Place, EC2, for more than £61m. It faces competition in a bidding battle from at least one other party, however, and a final decision was expected after Property Week went to press.

The site has an existing planning consent for around 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sq m) in a tower designed by Horden Cherry Lee Architects.

Although not under offer, a draft contract has been drawn up and received by City Offices. The site is being sold by offshore investment vehicle City Assets and development manager HDG. Skanska is giving the scheme a final cost assessment.

The site’s value has been boosted as it is being sold with planning consent, which means it could join the few developments that will be built in 2008 to capitalise on the improvements in the occupier market. Savills advises the vendor.

Meanwhile, US opportunity fund Beacon Capital is poised to acquire a 50% stake in Land Securities’ 560,000 sq ft (52,025 sq m) One New Change. It is understood that an £80m deal has been agreed, not including development costs.

[Luke]

Well that seems to have put paid to my suggestion we were only a couple of months from construction!

[mulattokid]

Originally Posted by Luke

Well that seems to have put paid to my suggestion we were only a couple of months from construction!

I am getting the impression that they are buying the project...ie: Everything is still going on and being built. I might have misinterpreted though!

[Cranesetc]

Here is a photo from the site today (taken through the fence).

Work is changing from demolition to construction. Temporary works being installed within the excavation. Two micro piling rigs have arrived.

Looks like all systems go.

WWW

http://www.cranesetc.co.uk

[potto]

good good I think this building will actually enhance this area (makes a change!)

[mulattokid]

thanks

[wjfox]

[mulattokid]

Thanks Will...I like the way that palette is covering the finish date in the first pic...its like a Carry on film....'All -asses must be shown' Pardon?...'No! hes just gone for a P'