Is the City set for a new tower boom?

By Tom Lowe2024-06-17T05:00:00

At least 18 major schemes are planned for a small area around Bishopsgate, including some of the tallest buildings in the capital. But how many will actually get built? Tom Lowe talks to some of the biggest players in the City’s commercial sector about what lies behind the latest cycle ...

Regular readers of Building will have noticed an uptick in news stories about big schemes in the City of London over the past year or two. It has seemed as if a shiny new tower or high end refurbishment has been unveiled or approved by councillors almost every week. Planning applications queuing up at the City of London Corporation were up 25% year on year at the end of 2023, and the pace only seems to be increasing.

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