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30 South Colonnade
30 South Colonnade, also now known as YY London, is a commercial building in Canary Wharf, London. The building was originally designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and completed in 1991. It was purchased in 2019 by joint venture between Oaktree Capital Management (majority stakeholder) and Quadrant. An extensive refurbishment was completed in 2023 by architects Buckley Gray Yeoman, which included three additional floors bringing its total size to 415,000 sqft. The refurbished building stands at 75.5 m (248 ft) tall, with a total of 17 floors – a ground floor, upper ground floor, mezzanine level and 14 upper floors including a rooftop terrace. The building design focuses on sustainability and wellness with extensive on floor terraces, BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Platinum ESG certificates and an all-electric strategy. It has been designed to be net zero in operation.
YY London primarily provides office space, although following the building’s refurbishment there are also restaurants, communal spaces for events, and food and beverage units at ground floor level.
In 2019, the building was purchased by a joint venture between Oaktree Capital Management (majority stakeholder) and Quadrant Estates. The building had previously been sold by Canary Wharf Group for £200m to German fund manager KanAm Grund in December 2005.
It was one of the first buildings to be built on the Canary Wharf estate and known as a landmark Canary Wharf building because of its distinctive curved frontage and location opposite the Jubilee Line Underground station.
Prior to 2005, the building was occupied by London Underground.
Reuters moved from 85 Fleet Street into the building in 2005. As part of Reuters' relocation, Perkins + Will carried out extensive refurbishment of the building, including installing a 100 metre long ticker around the building to display news and stock prices that became a well known feature at Canary Wharf.
In 2019 Quadrant Estates and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management secured planning permission for the redesign of the building. At the time, Tower Hamlets council, the local authority for Canary Wharf said the proposed development would ‘improve the existing office space’ and ‘result in a more environmentally appropriate building’.
In May 2025, Revolut committed to a 10 year lease, moving their Global HQ in to four floors of the building, covering an area of 113,000 square feet (10,500 m2). This lease also saw the implementation of two large Revolut signs on the top of the building.
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30 South Colonnade
30 South Colonnade, also now known as YY London, is a commercial building in Canary Wharf, London. The building was originally designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and completed in 1991. It was purchased in 2019 by joint venture between Oaktree Capital Management (majority stakeholder) and Quadrant. An extensive refurbishment was completed in 2023 by architects Buckley Gray Yeoman, which included three additional floors bringing its total size to 415,000 sqft. The refurbished building stands at 75.5 m (248 ft) tall, with a total of 17 floors – a ground floor, upper ground floor, mezzanine level and 14 upper floors including a rooftop terrace. The building design focuses on sustainability and wellness with extensive on floor terraces, BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Platinum ESG certificates and an all-electric strategy. It has been designed to be net zero in operation.
YY London primarily provides office space, although following the building’s refurbishment there are also restaurants, communal spaces for events, and food and beverage units at ground floor level.
In 2019, the building was purchased by a joint venture between Oaktree Capital Management (majority stakeholder) and Quadrant Estates. The building had previously been sold by Canary Wharf Group for £200m to German fund manager KanAm Grund in December 2005.
It was one of the first buildings to be built on the Canary Wharf estate and known as a landmark Canary Wharf building because of its distinctive curved frontage and location opposite the Jubilee Line Underground station.
Prior to 2005, the building was occupied by London Underground.
Reuters moved from 85 Fleet Street into the building in 2005. As part of Reuters' relocation, Perkins + Will carried out extensive refurbishment of the building, including installing a 100 metre long ticker around the building to display news and stock prices that became a well known feature at Canary Wharf.
In 2019 Quadrant Estates and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management secured planning permission for the redesign of the building. At the time, Tower Hamlets council, the local authority for Canary Wharf said the proposed development would ‘improve the existing office space’ and ‘result in a more environmentally appropriate building’.
In May 2025, Revolut committed to a 10 year lease, moving their Global HQ in to four floors of the building, covering an area of 113,000 square feet (10,500 m2). This lease also saw the implementation of two large Revolut signs on the top of the building.
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