Cuba St | Canary Wharf | 40/57 fl | 170m | Pre-planning

[jack_jones]

Wow that looks nice!

[mogwai83]

Residents speak out against proposed Island towers

Plans to build the second tallest residential building in the country on the Isle of Dogs are being strongly opposed by councillors and residents. The Cuba Street proposal is for two towers reaching nearly 150m into the sky 439 homes, a 120-room hotel and office space. If approved it will be the tallest residential building in the UK after The Shard, bigger than the nearby Landmark Development and Pan Peninsula...................

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[gegloma01]

Police officer?

[jamiefearon]

They look a little like Dildos. Nice

[MatthewGen]

Why do people insist on complaining how 'Squashed' its becoming in London.. What the hell do you expect living in one of the world capitals! Move away from the big city If you don't like it..? Can't have it every way!

[benchaney]

People need to accept that its the 21st century and highrises bring London out of the past. Build I say!

[Cat man do]

At 150m they are hardly the highest residentaisl in the UK .. not even Canary wharf!

[Willrocks10]

They look nice. I would probably give them 8/10.

[Pennypacker]

Originally Posted by mogwai83

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If buildings of this height are supposedly unsuitable for the Isle of fucking Dogs then where are they suitable?

Absolute madness.

[delores]

The lady complaining about her view and light is a bit of a hypocrite, did she not realise by the very fact of living in the landmark tower she has done exactly what she is complaining about?

[randolph]

These schemes are sent to tease us - get us excited - keep us waitimg and hoping for years when in the end they never materialise or are drastically reduced in hieght or redsigned. CW would be full of such towers if all that had been proposed had been actually built.

As to local objectors I am lost for words - even more lost for words that they should be taken seriously in a place like the northern end of the IOD

[Black Cat]

Reading a little background on this project, it sees that there is no planning issue if the proposed towers are no higher than the existing Landmark tower, so the only issue is adding a few more stories and a few more units, and that there are no height restrictions being crossed. Seems that the points raised by the complainers are pretty bogus.

[TallBox]

Originally Posted by Jaeger

Nice

I like it! Reminds me of the old version of the Pinnacle (back when it was called the DIFA tower) which at the time was quite a nice looking design too...

[e14dude]

I'm currently living in a flat the Landmark. Just bought a new house so not too bothered what happens her either way.

I think the main concern with the local residents is how tall the buildings are compared to the floor space, combined with the fact that it's off-set from the main road with incredibly small access roads which are already at capacity anyway.

If you compare the two sites pre-build. The landmark intersects the two main roads on the Island, Marsh Wall + Westferry road. It's a large development with lots of space around the buildings. Plenty of access into the site and relatively minimal disruption to local residents.

Cuba street... it's a very small plot, off the main road, with a one way road system surrounding it and very small access roads. It's important to note that these two access roads are very well used, when they've been blocked its caused massive traffic jams.

You cannot really compare the two developments and say "well if landmark can build 40 floors so can we".

I really think it's a bad spot for such a large building and will overly burden the immediate area. But I don't really care I'm moving out

[woodgnome]

Cuba Street tower at Canary Wharf could be scrapped

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A construction group behind plans to build a 54 storey development on the doorstep of Canary Wharf is threatening to scrap its proposal. Turkish firm Agaoglu Group is reported to be considering the future of the scheme due to pressure from the Greater London Authority for it to reduce the size of the tower.

The company has long planned for the development at Cuba Street, on the Isle of Dogs, but has faced opposition over its 157 metre height. The two towers - the second of which would be 40 storeys - would include around 400 homes, a five-star hotel and office space.

However Agaoglu Group owner Ali Agaoglu said talks had reached a stalemate. In an interview with Arabian Business he said the "municipality is trying to reduce it to 40 floors and it's a major problem". He said this would see the scheme lose its "essence" and threatened to cancel the project unless the GLA relents.

An application for the site was made to Tower Hamlets Council back in 2011 but was pulled due to opposition to the project. The developer is in talks with interested parties before putting in another application. Mayor Boris Johnson would have the final say over the scheme.

[gravesVpelli]

[QUOTE=woodgnome;100928583]Cuba Street tower at Canary Wharf could be scrapped

"municipality is trying to reduce it to 40 floors and it's a major problem".

That seems perfectly reasonable to me, given the location. 40 stories is sufficiently high to make an impact. Why doesn't he accept this with a similar reduction in height for the second tower?

[Bottlefall]

Originally Posted by woodgnome

Cuba Street tower at Canary Wharf could be scrapped

-- Link to Wharf article --

A construction group behind plans to build a 54 storey development on the doorstep of Canary Wharf is threatening to scrap its proposal. Turkish firm Agaoglu Group is reported to be considering the future of the scheme due to pressure from the Greater London Authority for it to reduce the size of the tower.

The company has long planned for the development at Cuba Street, on the Isle of Dogs, but has faced opposition over its 157 metre height. The two towers - the second of which would be 40 storeys - would include around 400 homes, a five-star hotel and office space.

However Agaoglu Group owner Ali Agaoglu said talks had reached a stalemate. In an interview with Arabian Business he said the "municipality is trying to reduce it to 40 floors and it's a major problem". He said this would see the scheme lose its "essence" and threatened to cancel the project unless the GLA relents.

An application for the site was made to Tower Hamlets Council back in 2011 but was pulled due to opposition to the project. The developer is in talks with interested parties before putting in another application. Mayor Boris Johnson would have the final say over the scheme.

Every developer should take similar stance! I'm getting sick tired of nymbistic idiots and frankly don't have the patience to wait for the death of that generation. Lets see how many investors those buffoons will lose before they wake up!

[london lad]

Seriously who would be a developer proposing something new on the Isle of Dogs? Any negative impact a tower would have here is going to make very little difference if its 40 or 54 floors so why have this in planning limbo for the best part of two years and the real fear it will now be cancelled. Surely a bit of variety on the relatively few plots around here suitable for towers is better than a wall of towers in the 40 floor range.

[gothicform]

Originally Posted by london lad

Seriously who would be a developer proposing something new on the Isle of Dogs? Any negative impact a tower would have here is going to make very little difference if its 40 or 54 floors so why have this in planning limbo for the best part of two years and the real fear it will now be cancelled. Surely a bit of variety on the relatively few plots around here suitable for towers is better than a wall of towers in the 40 floor range.

cancelling isn't so easy if the developer carries some of the forward value of their finished development on their balance sheet - as they are actually allowed to. it leads to a huge writedown. junking projects can end up quite complicated...

[benchaney]

Couldn't they simply agree on 46 floors In between the two