100 Bishopsgate | City of London | 172m | 40 fl | Demo

[shard97]

Originally Posted by PeterStoba

What about 20FC?

Steel level 3, floor a week, i dont call that dead IMO

[Growing London]

No this is the most dead construction site on earth, 20FS is the most dead bug on earth

[mogwai83]

Originally Posted by Growing London

This has to be like the most dead construction site for a tower on EARTH

It's not a construction site.

[Growing London]

What is it then

[beleevme]

Brainwave: Build it yourself

Its a demo that builds up to ground level, then the main tower isnt erected until a pre let is secured

[PeterStoba]

Originally Posted by shard97

Steel level 3, floor a week, i dont call that dead IMO

Between me reading his post and clicking quote, he edited it. He did say boring.

Seems to like calling everything boring!

[scalatrava89]

Well we knew it was coming...

Brookfield in double Bishopsgate tower blow

Contractor Brookfield Multiplex’s two big tower construction jobs in central London have stalled while developers seek tenants.

Great Portland Estates said it would not start main construction until a tenant had been secured for the 37-storey, 100 Bishopsgate tower.

Great Portland Estates, which is jointly developing the site with Brookfield’s property arm, said: “At 100 Bishopsgate enabling works are progressing well and are expected to be completed by July 2012.

“Construction of the 948,000 sq ft tower building will only be commenced once a suitable pre-let has been entered into and discussion with a number of potential occupiers are ongoing.”

The delay to construction is a second blow for Brookfield Multiplex.

The contractor was forced to suspend work for the second time earlier this year on the Pinnacle Tower project, just 100m away from the 100 Bishopsgate site.

Pinnacle developer Arab Investments is trying to secure the next stage of funding for the project, which is also dependent on finding an anchor tenant for the what will be the City’s tallest building.

At the time Brookfield Multiplex said the work suspension would allow it to redeploy its team to 100 Bishopsgate.

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/...te-tower-blow/

[DeFiBkIlLeR]

How can it have stalled when they're just doing what they said they would do all along?...no tenant, no tower.

That's been clear from the start.

[Taller London]

im interested in what they mean about "At the time Brookfield Multiplex said the work suspension would allow it to redeploy its team to 100 Bishopsgate.

is that some crap they have put at the end of the article to make things seem better than they are or are they try to move the pinnacle along now

[danm]

Originally Posted by Taller London

im interested in what they mean about "At the time Brookfield Multiplex said the work suspension would allow it to redeploy its team to 100 Bishopsgate.

is that some crap they have put at the end of the article to make things seem better than they are or are they try to move the pinnacle along now

No, they're saying that when the Pinnacle was put on hold they would be able to redeploy the team working on that to 100 Bishopsgate. Now that this is also on hold, that wont happen. Although, wasn't it always the case with this building that they'd have to secure a pre-let before construction proper started?

[I Beam Trembler]

How long can these two sites hold out as they are. The Pinnacle is up to level 9, surely they couldn't pull that down? Would hate to see non event ground scrapers in their place. Damn Euro, what a mess.

[Retroboy]

Some wealthy Arabs or Chinese are simply needed to fund the restart of building the pinnacle. Such a lovely building is bound to be a big success for them...

[ismail]

Patients dear chaps

Both these towers will be up before cross rail opens
All the others are starting to fill up, so won't be long now before a sovereign state decided to invest in them

[Rational Plan]

Originally Posted by ismail

Patients dear chaps

Both these towers will be up before cross rail opens
All the others are starting to fill up, so won't be long now before a sovereign state decided to invest in them

The City flat on it's back compared to the peak. For there to be a true recovery the Euromess needs to be sorted out one way or another, then everyone will know which banks are left standing. The only advantage we have had is that the UK banks have been frantically deleveraging since the start of the crash and and are no approaching sustainable levels. The European banks have been doing the same except they're more exposed to debt in the Med countries than we are. Until the issue of Eurobonds or the exit of the Med countries from the Euro we won't have a solution.

[Marquinho01]

In my opinion it should be a prerequisite that a company that knocks down a building in London should be forced to complete their projects. If they are unsure they shouldn't be given the go-ahead to destroy buildings in the first place. What we get is interesting old buildings being torn down and big gaping holes left where they once stood. I'm all in favour of building tall towers but once you start you have to finish it despite recession in Europe, Middle East, Riots, Banks going tits up, etc..)

[DarJoLe]

Oh if only it were that 'simple'.

[Rational Plan]

Originally Posted by Marquinho01

In my opinion it should be a prerequisite that a company that knocks down a building in London should be forced to complete their projects. If they are unsure they shouldn't be given the go-ahead to destroy buildings in the first place. What we get is interesting old buildings being torn down and big gaping holes left where they once stood. I'm all in favour of building tall towers but once you start you have to finish it despite recession in Europe, Middle East, Riots, Banks going tits up, etc..)

It's relatively rare in this country for developers to bulldoze in the hope of selling on for highrise development and then converting to carparks while they wait for the numbers to stack up. Many US cities were devastated by this process. What concerns me is that changes in the tax rules a few years ago has meant that building owners still have to pay full rates on empty buildings. It's already had a noticeable effect on industrial buildings and could effect offices as well.

[gegloma01]

non event.

[Mr.Badger]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Un6C_QI3A

[Taller London]

nice find thanks