page_title: 70 St Mary Axe
section_title: Development
hierarchical_section_title: 70 St Mary Axe / Development
caption_attribution_description: English: The new office building 70 St Mary Axe, looking north-north-west from Bevis Marks at its junction with Heneage Lane.
context_page_description: 70 St Mary Axe, informally known as The Can Of Ham due to its shape, is an office building in the City of London. It was completed in early 2019. With 21 floors above ground, it is 90 metres tall and offers 28,000 square metres of office space. During its construction, the City of London Corporation decided to pedestrianise the part of St Mary Axe along which the building sits, between Bevis Marks to the south-west and Houndsditch to the north-east.
context_section_description: The architectural design was created by Foggo Associates for Targetfollow, and planning permission was granted in 2008. Targetfollow sold the site to Nuveen in 2011 for £20m but development was delayed during the global financial crisis.
  The sole tenant of 60 St Mary Axe agreed in 2014 to exit their lease early, and in 2015 Mace Group Ltd was appointed to build the project. Construction began that same year, and involved 400 workers, 90% of whom were employed through subcontractors.
  During development, the project was criticised by some for its shape and its size.
  Construction completed in Spring 2019, but the building did not open until later in the year.
caption: The profile is said to resemble a can of ham.
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