Developments
Ropemaker, EC2
External view
Roof terrace
Practical completion was achieved in early May 2009 on this 586,000 sq ft office development, situated on a prominent City island site close to Moorgate and Liverpool Street. The 20-storey building, designed by Arup Associates for both professional and financial services occupiers, provides two trading floors at the lower level, with a variety of floor plates above.
In April 2009 the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International plc signed a pre-letting agreement to take 181,360 sq ft of accommodation at Ropemaker across 9 floors. This represents 32% of the available space. Following this letting there is 404,640 sq ft remaining, available on floors from 21,630 sq ft to 42,528 sq ft.
The building has impressive sustainability credentials, including expansive roof terraces with stunning City views, rainwater harvesting, and use of a double glazed tilting façade to reduce heat gain. In late 2008 Ropemaker was named as the Estates Gazette Green Awards Office Development of the Year.
The entrance at Ropemaker features a moving art installation by world renowned UK artist, Jason Bruges. The piece uses highly innovative technology which harnesses energy from the air flow within the building’s ventilation system to illuminate numerous LEDs to varying degrees of brightness according to the speed of the air flow.
A dedicated website is available for the Ropemaker development.
As at 31 March 2009
