Canary Wharf Group (CWG) and Kadans Science Partner have secured planning approval from Tower Hamlets Council for the development of a state-of-the-art commercial health and life sciences building at the North Quay site, adjacent to the Crossrail Station and new Elizabeth Line at Canary Wharf, London.
The 23-story, 823,000-square-foot tower will create a first-of-its-kind vertical campus that will be Europe’s largest and most technologically advanced life sciences facility.
Enabling works on the 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) site already are underway. The building, designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, is anticipated to be completed in 2027.
A low-carbon strategy has been implemented across the development, which includes highly insulated and airtight building fabric, with an optimized façad