From the archives: The collapse of Olympia & York, 1992

By Tom Lowe13 February 2025

Source: Source: Alamy

Building covers the downfall of the Canadian developer which drove the early years of Canary Wharf

In August 1991, Canary Wharf’s One Canada Square was officially opened by the Duke of Edinburgh in a grand ceremony attended by 800 guests. Built by Sir Robert McAlpine, its completion was an important symbolic milestone for the regeneration of the Docklands which had first been proposed at the beginning of the 1980s and was now taking shape.

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