Oct 8, London

London Mayor Boris Johnson approved plans for Columbus Tower, a 63-story office building near Canary Wharf, overruling local officials who had rejected the skyscraper.  The tower will be among Britain’s tallest, about the same size as the Canary Wharf financial center’s One Canada Square, according to developer Commercial Estates Group Ltd. One Canada Square is Britain’s tallest building, though the Heron Tower, the Pinnacle and Shard of Glass...more