A London highrise takes a haircut, with a notable twist

Yet another towering residential project in London, where housing demand is through the roof, is taking a haircut – and neighbours, again, are at least partly the reason. What’s different this time? The tower proposed by Westdell Development Corp. is being pitched in an area of the northeast ripe for highrise living – in the […]

Tweaked Hyde Park towers approved despite growth, density concerns

A scaled-down proposal for a twin-tower residential development in London’s booming northwest won city council approval Tuesday, but still ran into political opposition. The developer, Highland Communities Ltd., shaved three storeys off each of the two towers, bringing them down to 17 from 20, but even that haircut to address neighbourhood opposition and city hall […]