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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Office building in the City of London}}<br />
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|location= [[London]], {{postcode|EC|2}}<br />[[United Kingdom]]<br />
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|roof= 127 m (417 ft)<br />
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'''Citypoint''' (previously known as '''Britannic House''' and '''Britannic Tower''') is a building located on Ropemaker Street on the northern fringe of the [[City of London]], the main financial district and historic nucleus of [[London]].<br />
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Originally named Britannic House, Citypoint was built in 1967 as a 35-storey, {{convert|122|m|ft|0|adj=on}} tall headquarters for [[BP|British Petroleum]] (now BP), becoming the first building in the City of London area to exceed the height of [[St Paul's Cathedral]]. The designers were F. Milton Cashmore and H. N. W. Grosvenor.<ref>[http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/diad/article.php?year=1968&title=236&article=d.236.15 Design Journal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110317172224/http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/diad/article.php?title=236&year=1968&article=d.236.15 |date=2011-03-17 }}</ref> In 1991 British Petroleum moved back to their original headquarters on [[Finsbury Circus]] and the building was renamed Britannic Tower.<br />
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It was refurbished in 2000, with additional floor space and the height increased to {{convert|127|m|ft|0}}. The designer for the refurbishment was Sheppard Robson.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=81 |title=Citypoint on Skyscrapernews.com |access-date=22 August 2007 |archive-date=5 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191258/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=81 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was renamed Citypoint after its refurbishment.<br />
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Citypoint is the 13th-tallest building in the City and the 63rd-tallest in Greater London.<br />
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In August 2005 its owner, Pillar Properties, sold the building for more than £500 million in one of the largest deals ever seen in the City office market.<br />
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In early 2007 the building was again put on the market, this time for £650 million, and purchased by [[Beacon Capital Partners]], a private American company. At the time it was the most expensive building sale in the United Kingdom. A few months later, the sale of [[8 Canada Square]] at Canary Wharf eclipsed this when it was sold for over £1 billion.<br />
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A number of other large buildings have been constructed nearby, including [[The Heron]], a 36-storey {{convert|112|m|ft|0|adj=on}} residential tower at Milton Court and a {{convert|90|m|ft|0|adj=on}} office tower at Ropemaker Place developed by [[British Land]].<br />
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==Image gallery==<br />
<gallery heights="160px"><br />
File:City Point building.jpg|Aerial view<br />
File:City Point 29.01.2020 (6).jpg|From below at street level<br />
File:City Point 29.01.2020 (11).jpg|From outside main entrance<br />
</gallery><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Moor House]]<br />
*[[Moorgate]]<br />
*[[List of tallest buildings and structures in London]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=81 Citypoint on Skyscrapernews.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705191258/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=81 |date=5 July 2022 }}<br />
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040625105834/http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=110662 from emporis.com]}}<br />
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[[Category:Office buildings completed in 2000]]<br />
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