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Office plans revived

Gem underway

Contractor appointed on tower

SE1 scheme start

Gem delayed

Shard to start

London Bridge architect

SE1 redevelopment plan

Demolition at "Baby Shard" on horizon

Start for major west end complex

Consent for SE1 offices

Start date for tower

New scheme for London Bridge

Consent for St Giles

The 'Shard of Glass' is approved

Shard of Glass Inquiry underway

Enquiry into 'Shard of Glass'

'Concept' for London Bridge Tower revealed

Major scheme launch

Legal & General is launching its 500,000 sq ft Renzo Piano-designed Central St Giles office scheme in London, WC2, at MIPIM 2010. The scheme includes 400,000 sq ft of offices, with large office floors of 43,000 sq ft, plus 109 apartments and retail. Letting agents are Jones Lang LaSalle and Cushman & Wakefield. - (16-03-2010)

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Green light for Shard

Sellar Property is likely to start construction of the Shard tower in London, SE1 later in 2008, after a finance package was agreed with Qatari-backed consortium - the Qatari Islamic Investment bank QInvest, Qatar National Bank and Qatari Islamic Bank. Sellar will remain the developer for completion of Shard of Glass tower and 55,740 sq m (600,000 sq ft) New London Bridge House in 2011. The schemes were designed by Renzo Piano. Cushman & Wakefield advised on planning, and Mace is project manager. - (01-02-2008)

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L&G unveils St Giles Court plans

Legal & General and Stanhope have unveiled designs for a mixed-use 46,451 sq m (500,000 sq ft) for St Giles Court, St Giles High Street, off Oxford Street, London WC2. The scheme has been designed by the Italian architect, Renzo Piano and includes offices, restaurants and retail based around a new semi-covered public space. The scheme also includes 100 housing units. The scheme would require the demolition of L&G’s 18,600 sq m (200,000 sq ft) St Giles Court office block, currently occupied by the Ministry of Defence on a lease until 2011. At present public consultation into the propsals is underway and a planning application could be submitted to London Borough of Camden later this year. - (16-02-2004)

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English Heritage "spikes" tower

English Heritage has likened the proposals by Renzo Piano for the 300m high Sellar "shard of glass" skyscraper at London Bridge to a "spike through the heart of the Tower of London". The opposition from English Heritage will prompt a public inquiry into the proposals, leading to the scheme being determined by the new Environment Secretary Stephen Byers. English Heritage at the same meeting supported proposals for two residential towers at Lots Road power station in Chelsea, undoubtably far enough away from any heritage sites, and regarded by English Heritage as "two high quality tall buildings which we think will enhance river views and the skyline of this part of London without damaging the historic environment." It may be sometime before we hear such comments from English Heritage about an office tower in the City of London. - (02-07-2001)

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"Shard of glass" revealed

The designs for the £350m skyscraper at London Bridge station, SE1 have just been unveiled. The 66-storey tapering glass tower, designed by Renzo Piano and Broadway Malyan, for developer the Sellar Property Group, will, if built, be the tallest in Europe at 1,016 ft tall. The lower half of the tower is planned as a 27-storey 55,741 sq m (600,000 sq ft) office block, with the upper 15-storey as a hotel and apartment complex. A planning application for the "shard of glass", otherwise known as the London Bridge Tower, could be submitted to the London Borough of Southwark next week. The scheme has been reduced by about 14-storey following initial comments from CABE, the architectural advisory body. There seems little doubt that this scheme, along with Heron's Bishopsgate tower, will become the centre of debate, around which London local government and advisory bodies will finally have to establish an agreed policy towards tall buildings. - (20-03-2001)

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Revised skyscraper design unveiled

A revised design for a 80-storey skyscraper at London Bridge station, by Italian architect Renzo Piano, is now being put forward by developer Irvine Sellar. The 390m (1,279 ft) tower will include 65,031 sq m (700,000 sq ft) of offices and 18,580 sq m (200,000 sq ft) of flats along with hotel and retail space. A planning application could be submitted to the London Borough of Southwark by the end of the year but is likely to be determined by the Greater London Authority. The skyscraper would not be completed before 2005 and construction costs are put at £300m. Bovis Lend Lease is the project manager. The scheme is unlikely to proceed without a major pre-let and the developer is said to be in discussion with firms including Pricewaterhouse Coopers. - (13-11-2000)

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