Columbus Tower

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Columbus Tower will, if approved, be built in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London.

- The proposed scheme will comprise: 30,085 m² of office space, a 192-room hotel, 74 hotel suites, a rooftop bar and restaurant, a health and fitness club, 2,246 m² of retail and a publicly-accessible Winter Garden at the base.

- The skyscraper would stand at 237 metres tall and would overtake One Canada Square as the tallest building in East London.

- If built, the crown of Columbus Tower would stand a mere 233 metres below, and 54 metres south, of the glidescope for aircraft coming in to land at the London City Airport's east runway.

- The design is influenced, in part, by the naval history of the area.

- The death of the main investor has led to this proposal being put on hold, although the project has not been officially cancelled, so the scheme or another similar project in the same location could be resurrected in the future.