The Scalpel - Lime Street, London, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 51° 30.800 W 000° 04.901
30U E 702489 N 5710950
The development site for The Scalpel is currently surrounded by hoardings with nothing, as yet (Feb 2016), appearing above them. The building is expected to complete in 2017.
Waymark Code: WMQE59
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 02/14/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
Views: 2

Wikipedia has an article about The Scalpel that tells us:

The Scalpel is a commercial skyscraper under construction in London, United Kingdom. It is located on Lime Street in the City of London financial area. Originally a nickname but subsequently designated as its official name, the term "Scalpel" was coined due to its distinctive angular design and followed a trend of nicknaming new buildings based upon their shape, such as the nearby Leadenhall Building, also known as "The Cheesegrater". Upon completion in 2017, The Scalpel will be 190 m (620 ft) tall, with 38 storeys. It has been designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox.

The site is on the corner of Lime Street and Leadenhall Street, opposite the Lloyd's building and adjacent to the Willis Building. The skyscraper is being built for insurance company W. R. Berkley and will be the firm's new European headquarters, occupying approximately one-quarter of the total office space. A small proportion of the commercial space will be occupied by a retail shop at street-level, a basement restaurant at the Leadenhall Street frontage, and by a café at the Lime Street entrance.

WRBC Services Ltd applied to the City of London Corporation for planning permission in September 2012 to demolish Prudential House (52–54 Lime Street and 21–26 Leadenhall Street), Allianz Cornhill House (27-27A Leadenhall Street), and Winterthur House (34–36 Leadenhall Street and 4–5 Billiter Street) and to construct a new building of 38 storeys comprising office and retail uses.

On 15 January 2013 the City of London Planning and Transportation Committee recommended that planning permission be granted for the application. On 11 June 2013 the Common Council of the City of London permitted the development to go ahead subject to certain conditions being met.

The construction of the new tower first required the demolition of three existing buildings on the 0.33 ha (0.82 acres) site. The building at 38 Leadenhall Street (on the corner of Billiter Street) will remain despite being within the block that the new tower will dominate.

Skanska were appointed as the main building contractor. In October 2013, the developers informed the Corporation of London that the project would commence on 23 November 2013.

Architect: Kohn Pedersen Fox

Number of Stories: 38 plus 2 basement

Building Type: Commercial

Projected Start & Finish Date: From: 01/01/2015 To: 12/31/2017

Website Address: [Web Link]

Construction Completed: no

Public: Not Listed

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