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Chapter Spitalfields, originally known as Nido Spitalfields, is a
student accommodation A dormitory (originated from the Latin word ''dormitorium'', often abbreviated to dorm) is a building primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people such as boarding school, high school, college or university s ...
building located at 9 Frying Pan Alley in
Spitalfields Spitalfields is a district in the East End of London and within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The area is formed around Commercial Street (on the A1202 London Inner Ring Road) and includes the locale around Brick Lane, Christ Church, ...
,
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. It is the third tallest student dormitory in the world, behind the
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in Leeds, and
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in Manchester. The 34-storey tower falls within the
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, though Middlesex Street forms the boundary with the
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, the principal financial district of the world. Middlesex Street forms part of the
Petticoat Lane Market Petticoat Lane Market is a fashion and clothing market in Spitalfields, London. It consists of two adjacent street markets. Wentworth Street Market is open six days a week and Middlesex Street Market is open on Sunday only. The modern market ...
area. Prior to construction of Nido, the plot at 100 Middlesex Street was occupied by a 1960-built office building, Rodwell House, which comprised an 8-storey block oriented north-south, surrounded by a single-storey office podium. In 2015, Nido Spitalfields was purchased by
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, parent company of the student accommodation company, Chapter. Other Chapter buildings in London are located in the King's Cross area and
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. The tower appears in the ''
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'' episode "
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".


Gallery

File:Nido Spitalfields, London.jpg, Side view File:City from One Bishops Square.jpg, Nido on The City's skyline


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See also

* Residential buildings completed in 2010 Residential skyscrapers in London Skyscrapers in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets Spitalfields {{London-struct-stub