Tower Hamlets Approve North Quay

The future growth of Canary Wharf in E14, London, looks like it will continue apace in the foreseeable future thanks to the decision by Tower Hamlets council to approve two new towers for the former Shed 35 site at North Quay at their planning meeting last night subject to final approval from the Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone who has a solid record of greenlighting such projects.

The 203m tall and 214m tall towers designed by Canary Wharf favourite, Cesar Pelli, in a resolutely post modern style will contain 38 and 44 floors of largely office accommodation respectively with a lower rise building in between not to mention the glassy tree lined atriums that slice the centre up. All three buildings stand on a shared podium that when added up with the towers reaches approximately 221,000 square metres of space.

Pelli has previously designed One Canada Square at Canary Wharf, which is still Britain’s tallest building, plus 30 and 40 Bank Street on Heron Quays.

Construction on these towers isn't expected to start for some time - observers widely believe that the remaining plot on Canada Square, Churchill Place, and Richard Rogers recently approved twin towers at Riverside South will be built before work starts on North Quay but it certainly shows that Canary Wharf are lining up an impressive pipe-line of projects for the up-turn in the London office market that's just starting to kick in with over a staggering half a million square metres of fully approved office space.