Next Canary Wharf tower taking shape at North Quay site
Work on the next Canary Wharf tower at North Quay is progressing with the exterior cladding starting to appear.
This block marks a major expansion of the Canary Wharf estate to the north towards Poplar with the first tower being a 135 metre life sciences block.
In time the Canary Wharf Group plan further towers to the east including residential, office and retail space.
That bridge seen above is a pedestrian footbridge to Poplar station. In time a direct link to Canary Wharf from Poplar will be constructed making connections far easier.
As well as improved links to Canary Wharf the overall North Quay plan enables improved links to West India Quay DLR station.
A dock-side public space will be created as well as a small square.
Market
Directly east of North Quay sits the City of London’s Billingsgate market site which is set for closure.
The 1980s market isn’t a great use of land so close to excellent public transport links, and is set to move to the Royal Docks at Albert Island.
In its place the City are proposing more housing and commercial space further extending this densely built part of town.
Tower Hamlets council are also pushing to include Poplar DLR depot and New City College campus in a wider 10,000-home masterplan.
Canary Wharf has changed so much when new office blocks were built and when the DLR was built in 1987 that changed the Docklands forever as we know of today. And when the Jubilee Line was extended to Stratford in 1997 and not to mention the Elizabeth Line (formerly Crossrail) that opened in 2022.
I do hope that the exterior cladding is lot safer and fire resistant. We don’t want another disaster on what happened at Grenfell Tower in 2017. With lots more apartments being built or office buildings converted to apartments.