Other notable sites include the commercial buildings at 20 Fenchurch Street and Plantation Place.
On the other side of Rood Lane is the skyscraper 20 Fenchurch Street, completed in August 2014.
In June 2012 the insurer Markel Corporation signed a tenancy agreement with the developers to move into 20 Fenchurch Street upon its completion.
Its global headquarters are in the City of London on 20 Fenchurch Street occupying floors 14-17 of the'walkie-talkie'building.
Designed by architect Rafael Vi駉ly and costing over ?00 million, 20 Fenchurch Street features a highly distinctive top-heavy form which appears to burst upward and outward.
"' 20 Fenchurch Street "'is a commercial skyscraper in London that takes its name from its address on Fenchurch Street, in the historic City of London financial district.
It is one of a number of new tall buildings recently completed or currently under construction in the City of London financial area, including 20 Fenchurch Street, 22 Bishopsgate, and The Scalpel.
CityPoint is the seventh-tallest building in the City, after the Heron Tower, 122 Leadenhall Street, Tower 42, 30 St Mary Axe, Broadgate Tower and 20 Fenchurch Street but only the 23rd-tallest in Greater London.
The 1970s saw the construction of tall office buildings including the 600-foot ( 183 m ), 47-storey Natwest Tower, the first skyscraper in the UK . Office space development has intensified especially in the central, northern and eastern parts, with skyscrapers including Leadenhall Building ( " the Cheesegrater " ), 20 Fenchurch Street ( " the Walkie-Talkie " ), the Broadgate Tower and the Heron Tower, the tallest in the City.