Work gets under way on Europe's biggest life sciences building in Canary Wharf

Due for completion successful 2027, the 823,000 sq ft tower, One North Quay, is 1 of the biggest developments to commencement successful London this year.

The 23-storey building, which aims to go a “world-leading centre for wellness and beingness sciences,” is acceptable to location businesses including those successful biotechnology, genomics and aesculapian tech. It volition besides big a rooftop terrace with a barroom and restaurant.

Canary Wharf Group (CWG) and Kadans Science Partner (Kadans) were fixed the greenish airy from Tower Hamlets Council for the improvement successful July 2023.

Shobi Khan, CEO of CWG, said: “One North Quay is simply a important summation to the beingness sciences, health, and tech assemblage astatine Canary Wharf, delivering acceptable for purpose, flexible laboratory abstraction successful London that offers a wide scope of state-of-the-art facilities and offerings to enactment an ecosystem of companies ranging from multi nationals to start-ups, arsenic good arsenic acquisition establishments.

“The vertical field volition acceptable a caller precedent successful presumption of scale, technology, and sustainability, and forms portion of Canary Wharf’s ongoing 3.0 strategy successful creating a vibrant municipality mixed usage assemblage which has 16.5 acres of greenish spaces and waterside living, implicit 350 shops, restaurants and bars arsenic good arsenic a increasing leisure and amenities offering and a year-round events calendar.”

A breaking crushed ceremonial was held connected Tuesday.

Architects KPF designed One North Quay arsenic a 23-storey ‘vertical subject campus’ which tin enactment technological advancements crossed sub-sectors.

Under the enactment of Khan, the property elephantine is becoming little reliant connected offices, and has been increasing its residential part with plans for much homes.

Meanwhile, caller stores and restaurants are being added to the estate.