{"id":522580,"date":"2026-04-10T02:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522580\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T02:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:42:14","slug":"kpfs-hsbc-tower-revamp-takes-step-forward-with-plans-to-turn-top-levels-into-a-hotel-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/522580\/","title":{"rendered":"KPF\u2019s HSBC tower revamp takes step forward with plans to turn top levels into a hotel | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The top storeys of the HSBC tower in Canary Wharf could be turned into a hotel and leisure destination under plans being worked up by KPF.<\/p>\n

Proposals for the 180-room hotel are among more details which have emerged of Canary Wharf Group\u2019s proposed overhaul of the 45-storey building in a pre-planning technical document submitted to Tower Hamlets council last month.<\/p>\n

The 45-page Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion is the first publicly available planning material submitted to the council for the scheme since it was\u00a0unveiled in July 2024.<\/a><\/p>\n

It outlines previously announced plans to cut away sections of the tower\u2019s facades to create a series of terraces at the ground, middle and upper levels and reclad the building with a high-performance facade system which meets modern thermal performance standards.<\/p>\n

But the document also reveals that levels 36 to 40 could be transformed into a hotel with around 34 rooms on each floor, while levels 42 and 43 would become a leisure destination with food and drink uses.<\/p>\n

Canary Wharf Group said it is seeking flexibility within any future planning permission from the council to allow the proposed hotel space to also be delivered as office workspace.<\/p>\n

Around 3,800sq m of retail space is also proposed at ground floor and mezzanine levels, facing onto an improved public realm which would include a new promenade connecting the building to the Elizabeth Line station.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, existing plant levels located at the top of the building, which was originally designed by Foster + Partners and completed in 2003, would be moved to the basement to make way for the proposed leisure space.<\/p>\n

Plans to cut back sections of the tower\u2019s facade would reduce the total floorspace of the existing building by around 7,700sq m of floorspace, resulting in a total floor area of approximately 157,000sq m.<\/p>\n

Existing floor plates would undergo significant reconfiguration to improve their efficiency and functionality, according to the document, and to enable a \u201cmore flexible and effective workspace while making best use of the existing building structure\u201d.<\/p>\n

Canary Wharf Group said it is currently working up a full planning application for the scheme with the project team also including transport consultant Momentum, townscape consultant Montagu Evans and environmental impact assessment consultant Trium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Full screen in popup KPF’s proposals for the revamp were unveiled in July 2024 The top storeys of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-522580","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}