Principal Place is an office development at the eastern end of Worship Street,
Shoreditch, London. The main entrance is approached from
Shoreditch High Street
Shoreditch High Street is the old main street of Shoreditch, London. It is part of the A10 road and connects Norton Folgate to the south with Kingsland Road to the north. It constitutes a segment of the Roman Ermine Street, which ran directly ...
. It is a 15-storey office block designed by
Foster and Partners
Foster + Partners is a British architectural, engineering, and integrated design practice founded in 1967 as Foster Associates by Norman Foster. It is the largest architectural firm in the UK with over 1,500 employees in 13 studios worldwide ...
.
In July 2014, it was reported that the internet retailer
Amazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. ( ) is an American multinational technology company focusing on e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence. It has been referred to as "one of the most influential econo ...
was close to signing a lease to move its UK headquarters there. The project had been on hold since January 2012, when the anchor tenant, the law firm
CMS Cameron McKenna
CMS is an international law firm that offers legal and tax advisory services. It provides companies and organisations with advice on a full range of legal issues. CMS consists of 18 independent law firms with about 80 offices worldwide.
Hi ...
, pulled out. Soon after, the developer
Hammerson
Hammerson plc is a major British property development and investment company. The firm switched to real estate investment trust (REIT) status when they were introduced in the United Kingdom in January 2007. It is listed on the London Stock Excha ...
sold its interest in the scheme to
Brookfield.
Alongside it, there is a 50-storey residential tower called
Principal Tower
Principal Tower is a 50-storey residential tower in Worship Street, Shoreditch, London. It was completed in 2019.
There are 298 apartments in the building, designed by the architects Foster and Partners.
It is next to the 15-storey office bloc ...
.
See also
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One Rathbone Square, Facebook UK headquarters, north of
Oxford Street
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and ...
References
Amazon (company)
Information technology company headquarters in the United Kingdom
Office buildings in London
Shoreditch
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