The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has granted planning permission to Norquill for the development of 372,660 m[sup]2[/sup] of commercial office space on the North Quay site that is immediately north of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf. Norquill is the freeholder of the site and is wholly owned by the Canary Wharf Group. The development will adjoin the proposed Isle of Dogs Crossrail station which is part of a major transport project currently being considered by the UK Parliament.
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets has granted planning permission to Norquill for the development of 372,660 m2 of commercial office space on the North Quay site that is immediately north of One Canada Square, Canary Wharf. Norquill is the freeholder of the site and is wholly owned by the Canary Wharf Group. The development will adjoin the proposed Isle of Dogs Crossrail station which is part of a major transport project currently being considered by the UK Parliament.
Cesar Pelli, the architect of the original Canary Wharf tower, designed the scheme in association with SMC Alsop as the architects for the public realm area. It comprises three linked buildings, two of which are towers of 43 storeys (221 metres) and 37 storeys (209 metres) respectively. The scheme also includes a new performance and public exhition space and a south-facing dockside promenade with 5,324 m2 of hops, restaurants and bars.The promenade will link to Poplar DLR station and Canary Wharf itself.
The Canary Wharf is responsible for the building and leasing of the 1.3 million m2 of office and retail space at its 39-heactare estate in East London.