24/04/2011 by Buildington
Planning application submitted in December 2010 stated that 5 Broadgate replaces 3, 4 and 6 Broadgate.
It was later revealed that British Land had to scrap plans to demolish the cylindrical 3 Broadgate building, used as a sales suite when the development first launched in the 1980s.
Retention of the building was presented to the committee as a compromise victory in the name of conservation.
Source: architectsjournal.co.uk