The Tour Triangle skyscraper designed by Swiss studio Herzog & de Meuron is finally set to begin construction in Paris after 15 years in the making, amid a last-ditch attempt to stop it by the building's critics.
Developer Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) this month struck a partnership deal with an investment arm of French insurance multinational AXA, providing financial backing for the full ?670 million cost of the project.
Initial building works on the 180-metre Tour Triangle are now expected to start by the end of the year and complete in 2026 ? 12 years later than initially planned.
Construction on the heavily delayed project is expected to begin by the end of the year The Triangle would be the largest skyscraper to appear on central Paris' skyline since 1973. Planned for Avenue Ernest-Renan, the building will contain offices, a conference centre, shops, restaurants and a hotel.
Philippe Goujon, the mayor of the 15th arrondissement where the Triangle will stand, had vowed to appeal to the city council to postpone development, according to French newspaper Ouest-France.
Goujon has argued that the building is no longer relevant to the needs of businesses in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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