Principal Tower
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| name = Principal Tower
| status = Completed
| image = Principal Tower 20.09.2020 (3).jpg
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| building_type = Residential
| architectural_style = Modern
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| owner = Brookfield and Concord London
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| location = London, {{postcode|EC|2}}
United Kingdom
| address = 115 Worship Road
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| start_date = 2016
| opened_date = 2017
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| architectural = 163 m (535 ft)
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| floor_count = 50
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| architect = Foster + Partners
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Principal Tower is a 50-storey residential tower in Worship Street, Shoreditch, London. It was completed in 2019.{{cite news |title=Foster + Partners completes luxury Principal Tower in London |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2019/11/28/foster-partners-principal-tower-london/ |accessdate=8 June 2020 |work=Dezeen |date=28 November 2019 |language=en}}
There are 298 apartments in the building, designed by the architects Foster and Partners.{{cite web | title=New Developments - Principal Tower, Worship Street, London EC2A 2BA | url=http://www.buildington.co.uk/new_developments/london_ec2/worship_street/principal_tower/id/4314 | accessdate=29 August 2014}}
It is next to the 15-storey office block Principal Place, also designed by Foster and Partners. In July 2014, it was reported that the internet retailer Amazon.com 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, pulled out. Soon after, the developer Hammerson sold its interest in the scheme to Brookfield.Building: [http://www.building.co.uk/amazon-interest-could-revive-principal-place-tower/5069898.article Amazon interest could revive Principal Place tower | Online News | Building], accessdate: 29 August 2014
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| File:Principal Tower 20.09.2020 (1).jpg
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| Principal Tower and Place, Shoreditch in September, 2020
| File:Principal Tower and Broadgate Tower 20.09.2020 (1).jpg
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| Principal Tower and Place, Shoreditch alongside the Broadgate Tower of the City of London in September, 2020
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Category:Residential skyscrapers in London
Category:Residential buildings completed in 2019
Category:Foster and Partners buildings
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