Heron Tower, officially 110 Bishopsgate, is a 46-story office tower in the City of London. Kohn Pedersen Fox designed it, with Arup as structural engineer and Skanska as main contractor. Heron International developed it. It was completed in January 2011 and rises 755 feet (230 m), including a 92-foot (28 m) mast.
The City of London Corporation approved a revised scheme in January 2006, and construction began in 2007. The first scheme was planned at 600 feet (183 m), matching the NatWest Tower, before height was added. The tower has 461,478 square feet (43,000 m²) of floor area, and its entrance has a 70,000-liter aquarium of about 1,200 fish.
Early opposition concerned its effect on the view of St Paul's from Waterloo Bridge, and a public inquiry ended in the developer's favor. It has restaurants and a sky bar on floors 38–40. It earned a BREEAM Excellent rating in January 2010 and was fully let by January 2016.
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