Gracechurch Street, London
The City of London Corporation has today (26 January) granted planning permission for a 30-storey office-led development in the City Cluster, the Square Mile’s first tall building approval of 2021.
The approved Tenacity scheme at 55 Gracechurch Street, located between Monument station and Leadenhall Market, embodies many of the emerging trends for post-pandemic office space – delivering a ‘workplace destination’ alongside extensive retail, cultural, public art and open space.
The new office areas will include social and breakout zones to promote collaboration and innovation, and the building’s floorplan offers space for large businesses as well as SMEs and growth stage companies.
New Skyscraper approved for City of London
The new skyscraper will feature a free-to-access garden terrace.
A new 30-storey skyscraper has been approved on 55 Gracechurch Street in the centre of the City of London.
The new building, which the City of London Corporation has granted planning permissions for, will be located between Monument station and Leadenhall Market.
It will include social and breakout zones, and the building’s floorplan will offer more than 34,000sqm of office, almost 2,500 sqm of retail and more than 1,600sqm of publicly accessible garden terrace.
The building will be built with an urban greening approach in mind, and include green walls, roofs and tree planning that should reduce noise and air pollution while providing users of the building access to nature and biodiversity.
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The City of London Corporation has granted planning permission for a 30-storey office-led development.
The scheme, 55 Gracechurch Street, was put forward by Hong Kong-based real estate firm Tenacity Group. The tower will be located between Monument tube station and Leadenhall Market, and will include 34,000 square metres of office space, as well as 2,500 square metres of retail, cultural and open space.
The plans, by Fletcher Priest Architects, also include green walls, a garden terrace and a suspended treetop walkway with panoramic views across London that will be open to the public.
It is the first tall building approved in the City this year, and planning committee chair Alastair Moss described it as a vote of confidence in the long-term future of office space in the Square Mile. “The building design embraces emerging development trends, such as flexible workspace, greening and acce
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