Broadgate Tower

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Broadgate Tower

Location	201 Bishopsgate, City of London, England
Status	Under construction
Estimated completion	2008
Roof	165 metres (541 ft)
Technical details
Floor count	35
Floor area	398,268 square feet
Companies
Architect	Skidmore Owings and Merrill
Contractor	Bovis Lendlease
Developer	British Land

The Broadgate Tower is a skyscraper being built in London's main financial district, the City of London. As of May 2008, it is nearing completion.

The tower has now reached its full height of 165 metres (541 ft), making it the third tallest building in the City of London after Tower 42 (the former Natwest Tower) and 30 St Mary Axe; and the seventh tallest in Greater London. Built at an estimated cost of £240 million, it marks the next major phase of construction in the Broadgate estate that began in the 1980s to provide high-specification office space for the Square Mile.

The Broadgate Tower has been designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and developed by British Land. It utilises air-rights in the form of sitting on a large construction raft that has been built over the entrance to Liverpool Street Station. One notable feature will be the first ever double-decker lifts to be used in the United Kingdom.

As the tower lies over major railway lines heading into Liverpool Street, groundwork took longer than would normally be expected for a tower of this size. However, the steel core has the advantage of a quicker finish than a concrete core. It is the first skyscraper to be built in London since One Churchill Place.

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The Broadgate Tower under construction, January 2007.	201 Bishopsgate under construction, January 2007.	Broadgate Tower under construction, May 2007
Broadgate Tower under construction, February 2007	London skyline, February 2007	Aerial view of the Broadgate Tower and 201 Bishopsgate under construction, May 2007.
Aerial view in May 2007 with 30 St Mary Axe and Tower 42 in the background.	July 2007. The topped-out building, its cladding now visible from the South Bank.