Baltimore Tower

High-rise residential skyscraper in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, London

51°29′50.8″N 0°0′54.3″W / 51.497444°N 0.015083°W / 51.497444; -0.015083Construction started2013Completed2017Cost£142m^[1]LandlordLiFE ResidentialHeightHeight149 m (489 ft)Top floor45Technical detailsFloor count45, plus ground floor plus 2 basement floors^[1]Floor area145,858 m² (1,570,000 sq ft)^[2]Design and constructionArchitect(s)Skidmore Owings & Merrill SOMArchitecture firmSkidmore, Owings & Merrill^[3]Main contractorO'Shea^[4]Websitehttps://www.galliardhomes.com/baltimore-tower

Baltimore Tower, also known as Arena Tower and nicknamed The Slinky due to its resemblance to the popular toy, is a high-rise residential skyscraper in Millwall on the Isle of Dogs, London, England. The building is located on a site that was previously the location of the London Arena. The 45-storey building comprises 366 residential apartments and is 149 meters in height. It was designed by American architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Baltimore Tower won the Best Residential High Rise Award at the International Property Awards in 2017.^[5]

Planning application

Ballymore London Arena Ltd applied for an amended planning application to Tower Hamlets in 2008.^[6]

Gallery

Arena Tower from Greenwich Park
The entrance to Arena Tower
Millwall Inner Dock & Arena Tower. 25 June 2019.
Reflections of Baltimore Tower in the still waters of Millwall Dock. 13 September 2016.

References

^ ^a ^b "Baltimore Wharf". O'Shea. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
^ "Arena Tower". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
^ "Baltimore Tower". Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
^ Grant Prior (12 July 2013). "O'Shea starts construction of twisted tower". Construction Enquirer. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
^ Baltimore Tower-GalliardCanary Development. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
^ "Planning applications". Tower Hamlets. 14 March 2008. PA/08/00504. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

External links

Media related to Baltimore Tower at Wikimedia Commons
Building at The Skyscraper Center database

Canary Wharf

Buildings

Current	One Canada Square (235 m, 1991) Landmark Pinnacle (233 m, 2021) Newfoundland (220 m, 2021) Hampton Tower (215 m, 2021) One Park Drive (205 m, 2021) 8 Canada Square (200 m, 2002) Citigroup Centre (London) (200 m, 2001) One Churchill Place (156 m, 2004) 25 Churchill Place (118 m, 2014) 25 Bank Street (153 m, 2003) 40 Bank Street (153 m, 2003) 10 Upper Bank Street (151 m, 2003) 1 Cabot Square (89 m, 1991) 5 Canada Square (88 m, 2003) 25 Cabot Square (81 m, 1991) 25 North Colonnade (80 m, 1991) 10 Cabot Square (74 m, 1991) 20 Canada Square (71 m, 2003) 20 Bank Street (68 m, 2003) 20 Cabot Square (65 m, 1991) 50 Bank Street (63 m, 2002) 30 South Colonnade (62 m, 1991) 17 Columbus Courtyard (45 m, 1999) 20 Columbus Courtyard (45 m, 1999) 1 Westferry Circus (45 m, 1992) 11 Westferry Circus (45 m, 1997) 15 Westferry Circus (44.5 m, 2001) 7 Westferry Circus (43.6 m, 1992)
Under construction	Harcourt Gardens Riverside South Wood Wharf
Approved	Columbus Tower Heron Quays West North Quay

Transport links

Current	A13 road Canary Wharf DLR station Canary Wharf Pier Canary Wharf – Rotherhithe Ferry Canary Wharf tube station Heron Quays DLR station London City Airport South Quay DLR station West India Quay DLR station Canary Wharf railway station
Proposed	Rotherhithe-Canary Wharf Bridge

Other

Category
Commons

Buildings over 100 metres in the United Kingdom

Completed

Birmingham	The Mercian (132m) 10 Holloway Circus (122m) 103 Colmore Row (108m) The Bank Tower 2 (102m) Alpha Tower (100m)
Brighton	Sussex Heights (102m)
Leeds	Altus House (114m) Bridgewater Place (110m) Sky Plaza (106m)
Liverpool	West Tower (134m) The Lexington (113m) Liverpool Cathedral (101m)
London	The Shard (310m) 22 Bishopsgate (278m) One Canada Square (236m) Landmark Pinnacle (233m) Heron Tower (230m) Leadenhall Building (225m) Newfoundland (220m) Hampton Tower (215m) One Park Drive (Wood Wharf A1) (205m) 8 Canada Square (200m) Citigroup Centre (London) (200m) The Scalpel (190m) BT Tower (189m) Tower 42 (183m) Wardian East Tower (183m) St George Wharf Tower (181m) The Gherkin (180m) 100 Bishopsgate (172m) DAMAC Tower Nine Elms (170m) Wardian West Tower (170m) One Blackfriars (163m) Principal Tower (163m) Broadgate Tower (161m) 20 Fenchurch Street (160m) One Churchill Place (156m) Carrara Tower (155m) 25 Bank Street (153m) 40 Bank Street (153m) 10 Upper Bank Street (151m) South Bank Tower (151m) Arena Tower (150m) 10 Park Drive (Wood Wharf A3) (150m) Highpoint (149m) Manhattan Loft Gardens (149m) Strata SE1 (148m) Pan Peninsula (147m) Maine Tower (145m) Guy's Hospital Tower (143m) The Landmark East Tower (140m) Valencia Tower (137m) Providence Tower (136m) Saffron Square (134m) 150 High Street, Stratford (133m) 25 Churchill Place (130m) 10 George Street (Wood Wharf W07A) (128m) 40 Marsh Wall (128m) CityPoint (127m) Harbour Central Block C (126m) Willis Building (125m) Euston Tower (124m) One The Elephant (124m) Cromwell Tower (123m) Lauderdale Tower (123m) Shakespeare Tower (123m) Pan Peninsula West Tower (122m) Stratosphere (122m) Vauxhall Sky Gardens (120m) Millbank Tower (119m) St Helen's (118m) Centre Point (117m) Empress State Building (117m) Lexicon Tower (115m) Insignia Point (113m) The Heron (112m) 1 West India Quay (111m) Dollar Bay (109m) Shell Centre (107m) Nido Spitalfields (105m) 33 Canada Square (105m) Imperial West Tower (105m) Pioneer Point (105m) Ontario Tower (104m) 99 Bishopsgate (104m) London Hilton on Park Lane (101m) Portland House (101m) Royal London Hospital Tower 2 (101m) Skyline (101m) One Angel Court (101m) Sky View Tower, Capital Towers (101m) Laurel Point (100m) Stock Exchange Tower (100m) Urbanest King's Cross (100m)
Manchester	Deansgate Square South Tower (201m) Beetham Tower (169m) Deansgate Square East Tower (158m) The Blade (154m) Elizabeth Tower (153m) Deansgate Square West Tower (144m) Deansgate Square North Tower (122m) CIS Tower (118m) Affinity Living Circle Square (116m) Oxygen Towers (109m) Angel Gardens (108m) City Tower (107m) 17 New Wakefield Street (106m)
Portsmouth	East Side Plaza (101m)
Salford	Cortland at Colliers Yard (153m) Anaconda Cut (131m) Affinity Living Riverview (110m)
Sheffield	St Paul's Tower (101m)
Swansea	Meridian Quay Tower (107m)
Woking	Victoria Square Tower 1 (117m) Victoria Square Tower 2 (105m)

Under construction

Birmingham	Octagon (155m) Glasswater Locks (123m) Cortland Broad Street (111m) Exchange Square Phase 2 (111m) South Central Tower (100m) Maker's Yard (100m)
Liverpool	Infinity Tower A (123m) Infinity Tower B (105m)
London	One Nine Elms East (200m) Harcourt Gardens (192m) The Madison (184m) Vauxhall Square North (168m) Vauxhall Square South (168m) One Nine Elms West (161m) Heron Quays West 2/One Bank Street (147m) Canada Water Building C4 (140m) Heron Plaza (135m) 101 George Street, Croydon (135m) Two Fifty One (134m) The Atlas Building (134m) Keybridge Lofts (128m) Nine Elms Point (126m) One Crown Place South (123m) The Stage Shoreditch (115m) One Casson Square, Southbank Place (113m) Ram Quarter Residential Tower (113m) One Crown Place North (106m) Upper Riverside (102m) Stratford Central (101m)
Manchester	Trinity Islands Tower 1 (183m) Trinity Islands Tower 2 (169m) Three60 (154m) Downing Living, First Street South Tower 1 (139m) Viadux Tower 1 (136m) St. Michael's Tower 1 (135m) Victoria Residence Tower 1 (119m) Union Living, St John's Tower 1 (113m)
Salford	Bankside at Colliers Yard (129m) Embankment Exchange (110m) Anchorage Gateway (101m)
Sheffield	Code Sheffield (117m)

Approved

Belfast	Bedford Square Phase 2 (105m)
Birmingham	100 Broad Street (193m) One Eastside (155m) The Tower Leaf (Irish Centre) (146m) Great Charles Street (126m) Martineau Galleries 2C (126m) 211 Broad Street 'Barcode' (117m) Beorma Tower (113m) Upper Trinity Street (102m) Lower Essex Square (100m)
Cardiff	Sapphire Tower (132m)
Leicester	Westbridge Hotel Tower (117m)
London	Riverside South (237m) One Lansdowne Road East Tower (236m) Heron Quays West (198m) Riverside South (186m) Ludgate House (161m) 1 Merchant Square (150m) 20 Blackfriars Road Residential Tower (141m) Doon Street Tower (141m) 54 Marsh Wall (140m) Infinity Towers Building B (127m) Convoys Wharf Tower 1 (116m) Berwick Tower (115m) Quill (109m) Sampson House (108m) Infinity Towers Building B (104m) The Gateway Building (101m)
Manchester	Student Castle Tower 1 (168m) Plot F Tower 1 (154m) Plot F Tower 2 (154m) Trinity Islands Tower 3 (146m) Angel Meadow Park (128m) Trinity Islands Tower 4 (120m) Vision Tower (117m) The Gasworks Tower 1 (107m) Port Street Tower, Piccadilly Basin (100m)
Salford	Waterloo Place (173m) Cotton Quay Tower 1 (158m) Parkside at Colliers Yard (123m) Cotton Quay, Salford Quays Tower 2 (123m)
Sheffield	Kings Tower (117m)

Proposed

Birmingham	Smallbrook Queensway 2 (180m) Curzon Wharf, Tower 1 (172m) Thorp Tower (170m) Smallbrook Queensway 3 (155m) Project Drvie (150m) HUB (Snowhill Plaza) (150m) Smallbrook Queensway 1 (140m) Curzon Wharf, Tower 2 (134m) Smithfield Tower (110m) Axis Square Tower 2 (100m) Warner's Fields (100m)
Glasgow	Savoy Centre Towers (110m)
Leeds	CEG Southbank Tower 1 (136m)
Liverpool	Ovatus 2 (147m)
London	1 Undershaft (295m) Quay House (235m) North Quay Tower 1 (222m) North Quay Tower 2 (212m) North Quay Tower 3 (203m) Vauxhall Cross Island (175m) The Goodsyard (166m) One Park Place (162m) Project Skylines (160m) Stratford Waterfront Tower 1 (160m) Stratford Waterfront Tower 2 (160m) 225 Marsh Wall (158m) 30 Marsh Wall (139m) 82 West India Road (136m) East Village E20 Tower 1 (135m) East Village E20 Tower 2 (135m) Cuba Street Tower 1 (134m) 20 Ropemaker Street (129m) Cherry Park Tower 1 (121m) Elephant and Castle Town Centre Tower 1 (121m) Mondial House (120m) Elephant and Castle Town Centre Tower 3 (117m) Borough Triangle (115m) Rudolf Place (115m) 16-19 Hatfields/1-5 Paris Garden (110m) The Culinary Quarter Tower 1 (110m) North Quay Tower 4 (107m) East Village E20 Tower 4 (103m)
Manchester	The Lighthouse (213m) Park Place, 34 Great Jackson Street Tower 1 (172m) Park Place, 34 Great Jackson Street Tower 2 (172m) Plot C, Crown Street Tower 1 (154m) Plot C, Crown Street Tower 2 (154m) 1 Bridge Street Tower 1 (147m) Plot C, Crown Street Tower 3 (139m) Plot C, Crown Street Tower 4 (139m) One Medlock Street Tower 1 (117m) Northlight Tower (115m) Great Northern Warehouse Tower 1 (112m) VITA, Water Street Tower (108m) Dulwich Street, Victoria North (102m)
Salford	X1 Michigan Towers Tower 1 (127m) Trinity Point, Park Street Tower 1 (123m) Gorton Street Tower, Greengate (112m) X1 Michigan Towers Tower 2 (109m) Middlewood Locks, Phase 4 Tower 1 (101m)