A 31-storey skyscraper will be built in Islington after a Dutch firm planning the building was given the all-clear by the council.
Construction on the residential tower block at 259 City Road Basin is expected to start later this year and will include 190 flats, a shop on the ground floor and a restaurant.
The building is designed by Amsterdam-based building company UNStudio and British firm PLP Architecture.
Araf Lahhan, a partner for Orion Capital Managers UK, which owns £150m plot on City Road, promised that the finished tower will be a “landmark” for Islington and a “highlight” of the wider regeneration of the canal basin.
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