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8 Canada Square Plans Published by Canary Wharf Group

8 Canada Square Plans Published by Canary Wharf Group
18 July 2024
 

Images showing the proposed redevelopment of 8 Canada Square have been released by Canary Wharf Group and the Qatar Investment Authority.

The project has been earmarked for 2027, following the expiry of the current HSBC lease. HSBC has occupied 8 Canada Square since 2002 and will move into BT’s former head office at 81 Newgate Street.

The newly released images show the transformation of the 1.1 million sq ft building, with open green terraces revealed alongside a new publicly accessible route between the adjacent Elizabeth Line station and Canada Square Park.

Canary Wharf Group and the Qatar Investment Authority are working with architects Kohn Pedersen Fox and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to develop plans and submit a planning application.

Shobi Khan, CEO of Canary Wharf Group, said, We look forward to working with QIA on 8 Canada Square to deliver a building of outstanding design, engineering and sustainability standards. This redevelopment is another step in Canary Wharf’s evolution into a vibrant mixed-use neighbourhood offering workspace, retail, homes, leisure and amenities all in one location – a true 15-minute city.”

Elie Gamburg, Design Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), added: “We are extremely excited to collaborate with QIA and CWG to reimagine the single-use office building as a blueprint for the highly sustainable, mixed-use building of the future. This transformation embodies the ethos behind much of our work, we see it as an integral part of the evolution of today’s single-use neighbourhoods into vibrant mixed-use neighbourhoods of tomorrow – an evolution of which CWG is already leading the way.”

Picture: a CGI showing the reimagined 8 Canada Square. Image Credit: Kiasm 

Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 18 July 2024

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