Walkie Talkie tower project ‘reactivated’

The "Walkie Talkie" tower in Fenchurch Street is to go ahead soon, as confidence returns to the commercial property market.

The 155-metre project, wider
at the top than the bottom, was designed for Land Securities by architect Rafael Viñoly.

Plans first emerged in 2005 and it was approved by the Government three years later after surviving a major inquiry but final details were only approved last May.

Since then it was thought to have been mothballed due to the sharp downturn in the City offices market.

But the Architect's Journal today reports that the plans have been reactivated. Land Securities said it was now "beginning to look at timings" on the Walkie Talkie.