Skyscrapers in the City of London square mile financial district on the horizon in a view from One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, on, April 21.Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg

The Reinvention of Canary Wharf

London’s second financial district is searching for a new identity

By Jack Sidders and Olivia Konotey-Ahulu

May 20, 2021 at 12:00 AM EDT

A splashy science campus is set to rise on a site once tagged for Deutsche Bank AG's London headquarters. A construction blitz of luxury apartments is aiming to spawn a thriving neighborhood in place of a weekend ghost town.

As Canary Wharf emerges from the pandemic, the financial hub’s stab at reinvention is accelerating.

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