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Canary Wharf Group, working alongside site owner the Qatar Investment Authority, has revealed detailed plans to convert the upper floors of HSBC's 8 Canada Square into a 180-bedroom hotel once the bank vacates in 2027, reports the BBC. Levels 36-40 of the 45-storey Foster + Partners tower would accommodate the hotel bedrooms, with levels 42 and 43 reconfigured as food, drink and leisure “sky” destinations and the ground and mezzanine remodelled for lobby and retail use. Levels 2-32 are to remain as office workspace, preserving the bulk of the building's original function. Architects Kohn Pedersen Fox, who won the 2024 competition for the scheme, are cutting new terraces into the façade. The plans were revealed in an Environmental Impact Assessment screening opinion submitted to Tower Hamlets Council, which ruled no full EIA is required; a formal planning application is expected this summer. No hotel operator has yet been named. |
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BBC (11/04/2026) |