Approval granted for Urbanest's Canary Wharf tower

Tower Hamlets Council has given the green light to a mixed-used tower development at 2 Trafalgar Way, near Canary Wharf. The latest scheme, which consists of three towers of 28, 36 and 48 storeys rising from a four-storey podium, will provide 68 homes, nearly 1,700 student accommodation units, more than 4,000sq m of commercial space and 1,200sq m of retail space. Initially conceived as a series of angular towers, the scheme’s corners were chamfered to distinguish it from the towers of Canary Wharf to the south after a request by the council. The towers were also slightly lowered in height to satisfy the council’s requirement that the emerging Blackwall cluster, where the scheme is located, should be subservient to the towers in Canary Wharf. Work is expected to start on site in the first quarter of 2022.

Housing Today (20/08/2021)