Fletcher Priest’s City tower gets planning green light

55 Gracechurch Street_Cluster View_CREDIT Fletcher Priest Architects and Jason Hawkes

Source: Fletcher Priest Architects and Jason Hawkes

55 Gracechurch Street will sit in shadow of Walkie Talkie

Fletcher Priest’s plans for a 32-storey tower in the Square Mile were approved by City of London planners this morning.

The scheme at 55 Gracechurch Street at the southern end of Bishopsgate is being developed by Hong Kong firm Tenacity.

The tower will feature 25 floors of office space on top of a six-storey podium with a public garden at the base.

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