TEN new skyscrapers are being planned for London’s financial centre in a major sign of long-term economic confidence in the capital, the Evening Standard can reveal.
Developers behind eight of the tower blocks are in confidential “pre-application” discussions with the City of London Corporation while two others have recently submitted formal applications.
Shravan Joshi, chairman of the City’s planning and transportation committee, told the Standard: “They are all substantial buildings that will change the skyline of the City once more — or add to it.”
The applications that have been made public are for a 63-storey development at 55 Bishopsgate — which at 285 metres (935ft) above sea level would be one of the tallest in the Square Mile — and a 32-storey tower at 85 Gracechurch Street, beside Leadenhall Market.
The City’s aim is to ensure that schemes “are not just for vanity” but deliver positive benefits to London and the wider country.
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