Robert De Niro backs plans for tallest skyscraper outside London March 20, 2025 A company co-founded by Hollywood legend Robert De Niro has signed up to open a hotel, restaurant and residences in a planned skyscraper which would be the tallest building outside London. Nobu Hospitality has partnered with developer Salboy on the £360m scheme in Manchester city centre. The project, known as Viadux 2, has been earmarked [...]
31-story skyscraper on 130 Fenchurch Street inches towards a green light March 4, 2025 Proposals for a “showpiece office building” on 130 Fenchurch Street are open for further consultation ahead of an application for planning permission. Designs for the revamped building at the site of Morning Wire’s former HQ Fountain House detail 31 storeys of office space, an improved streetscape and street-level amenities. “[The proposals] aim to create a [...]
The 13 skyscrapers set to redefine Canada’s skyline March 4, 2025 Canada Corporation has released new images visualising how the Square Mile’s skyline will look.
Canada approves major new skyscraper January 31, 2025 The City Corporation has approved a 54-storey skyscraper on the doorstep of UK’s busiest station as demand for office space continues to grow in the capital. The site at 99 Bishopsgate, which will become one of the tallest towers in the Square Mile, is set to provide a minimum of 1.2m sq metres of office [...]
Canada approves plans for new skyscraper near Walkie Talkie December 6, 2024 Canada has approved plans to build a “landmark” 36-storey tower near Liverpool Street. The proposals for the £500m tower, located at 60 Gracechurch Street, were first put forward in April by the UK property developer behind The Shard, Sellar, and Japanese developer Obayashi. The developers had said the construction will start in [...]
Major change planned for tallest skyscraper outside London October 18, 2024 A proposed 76-storey tower planned for Manchester city centre, which would be the tallest skyscraper in the UK outside London, is in line for a major change. Developer Salboy, which was co-founded by Fred Done who set up Betfred with his brother Peter, is on the verge of resubmitting its plans for Viadux 2 to [...]
Landmark skyscraper planned for Manchester city centre October 10, 2024 Plans have been unveiled for another landmark skyscraper to be constructed in Manchester city centre. The 44-storey building has been earmarked for land adjacent to Deansgate Train Station at Whitworth Street West and would feature 364 apartments. If approved by Manchester City Council, the building would be latest skyscraper either planned or built in the [...]
Tallest skyscraper outside London approved August 29, 2024 Plans to build the tallest skyscraper outside London have been approved by leaders in Manchester. Standing at 71 storeys and 213 metres tall, the skyscraper will surpass the height of the previous record holder outside London – Manchester’s Deansgate Square South Tower – which is 201 metres high. However the new skyscraper, which is to [...]