Following on from the last post re: the Glut of residential towers submitted at the end of 2012, here's the tallest of those in a little more detail. As with large applications there always seems to be a bit of a lag between the application going on the local authority website and the documents going live. Again for City Pride this was no different. Over the weekend however, the all important Design & Access statement has gone live, meaning renders are now available that give an indication of what the scheme will look like.
A bit of background on the project. Irish developer Glenkerrin bought the site in 2008 for £32m, then a pub on a site of 0.6 acres. An application was then submitted for a 63 storey building to provide 430 residential units (mainly private) and a 209 bed hotel. An application was also submitted for off-site affordable housing at the southern end of the Isle of Dogs. Permission was granted in April 2009; however the scheme stalled as the developer went in to administration. Developers Charlegrove who built out the adjoining Landmark development (two towers built between 2007 and 2010 providing 800 units), then bought the site for £43m. Demolition works were completed in Q4 2012 (the site is now vacant and cleared) and a new application was submitted on 4 January 2013. This increases the height by 12 storeys to 75, more than doubles the amount of residential units to 864 residential units and loses the hotel element. 84 serviced apartments are also included. With that, here are those renders...
London Residential Research subscribers can view the building record HERE
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