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A BOUTIQUE 150-bedroom hotel could be on the cards near Westferry Circus.

Plans for the luxury hotel overlooking the Heron Quays roundabout have been submitted to Tower Hamlets Council.

Architect Patel Taylor has drawn up a clear and opaque glass design for the 37-storey tower and podium development, known as Newfoundland.

It has been proposed by South Quay Properties, which is part of estate owner Canary Wharf Group. The 2,500 square metre site is currently a 75-space private car park.

A TWISTING tower could be the flagship building in new plans for the London Arena site.

The distinctive design was unveiled this week as part of revised proposals for the Crossharbour site.

Developer Ballymore received planning permission for an office, residential and commercial space in October last year, but is pushing for a new design to take advantage of views around the site.

The altered scheme will also dump the proposed office space in favour of more hotel rooms and retail floorspace. The new design will increase the number of residential units to 1,111.

ISLE of Dogs residents will benefit from a new public park as part of a forthcoming Millharbour development.

Co-developers Oracle and Galliard Homes pledged the open space as part of their application for the second phase of the Indescon Court residential development.

The green area, to be known as Lightermans Gardens, will form part of 11,413 square metres of publicly-accessible ground floor amenities on the site. A 1,850 square metre child play area will also feature in the scheme.

The promise of an open park encouraged Tower Hamlets council's Strategic Development committee to give the go-ahead to the plan last Thursday (March 13). Officers described it as "a valuable piece of open space for the Island".

THE "EXEMPLARY" design for Heron Quays West has been green-lit by Tower Hamlets planners.

Officers praised the "world class" design of the three-tower building, which will replace the low-rise buildings currently on the west of the estate near the junction with Westferry Road.

The three-tower structure was unanimously approved by the council's Strategic Development committee last Thursday night (March 13).

The plan was drawn up by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners last year.

AN "ICONIC" high-rise addition to the Canary Wharf estate could be unveiled by 2012.

Grattan Property's 45-storey One Park Place development would feature 920,000 square feet of net internal office space, as well as an additional 11,000 square feet of restaurants and retail.

The light-catching building has also been designed to allow easy access to the western end of the West India Dock.

Architect Horden Cherry Lee was selected to design the building last summer. An application is expected by the end of the month, and the three-year construction schedule could begin by early 2009.

A FUTURISTIC two-tower scheme may soon rise from the ashes of the Trafalgar Way McDonald's restaurant.

Helix-London is a 397-unit residential complex boasting a children's play area, creche, convenience stores and a garden area. The current McDonald's eatery will also return as a ground-floor outlet.

Developers are also eyeing up several improvements for passing pedestrians as part of the scheme, which was submitted to planners last month.

McDonalds is currently located on the cusp of the Aspen Way roundabout, in the midst of hotbed of potential developments including the 3,000-home Blackwall Reach scheme.