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TOKYO (BLOOMBERG) - Japan's decades-long love affair with status-symbol office towers is now fading, as the pandemic upends work styles and puts a strain on company finances. In a country where companies have long taken pride in owning their buildings, advertising agency Dentsu Group and logistics firm Nippon Express are now considering selling their Tokyo headquarters. Avex, an entertainment company, also plans to offload its head office in the Japanese capital. Companies around the world are paring office space as workers stay at home during the pandemic, giving firms an opportunity to save...

Fletcher Priest wins approval for 32-storey Walkie Talkie neighbour 1/17 Approved January 2021: 55 Gracechurch Street Source: Fletcher Priest and Jason Hawkes 2/17 Source: Miller Hare Source: Source: Source: Source: Fletcher Priest has gained planning consent for a contentious 146m-tall skyscraper next to Rafael Viñoly's Walkie Talkie tower in central London Submitted to the City of London last year, the application for the 32-storey office scheme at 55 Gracechurch Street includes flattening an existing 1992 building designed by Sheppard Robson. Advertisement The scheme was approved ...

Gracechurch Street, London The City of London Corporation has today (26 January) granted planning permission for a 30-storey office-led development in the City Cluster, the Square Mile’s first tall building approval of 2021. The approved Tenacity scheme at 55 Gracechurch Street, located between Monument station and Leadenhall Market, embodies many of the emerging trends for post-pandemic office space – delivering a ‘workplace destination’ alongside extensive retail, cultural, public art and open space.  The new office areas will include social and breakout zones to promote collaborat...

New Skyscraper approved for City of London The new skyscraper will feature a free-to-access garden terrace. A new 30-storey skyscraper has been approved on 55 Gracechurch Street in the centre of the City of London. The new building, which the City of London Corporation has granted planning permissions for, will be located between Monument station and Leadenhall Market. It will include social and breakout zones, and the building’s floorplan will offer more than 34,000sqm of office, almost 2,500 sqm of retail and more than 1,600sqm of publicly accessible garden terrace. The ...

1/2 CREDIT Fletcher Priest Architects 2/2 CREDIT-Fletcher-Priest-Architects-and-Jason-Hawkes The City of London Corporation has granted planning permission for a 30-storey office-led development. The scheme, 55 Gracechurch Street, was put forward by Hong Kong-based real estate firm Tenacity Group. The tower will be located between Monument tube station and Leadenhall Market, and will include 34,000 square metres of office space, as well as 2,500 square metres of retail, cultural and open space. The plans, by Fletcher Priest Architects, also include green walls, a garden terrace and a suspende...