Developer seeks settlement on City of London’s tallest tower project

The Pinnacle

Source: Dmitri Hon

The owners of the Pinnacle – the City of London’s tallest tower project – have offered a settlement to end legal wranglings with contractor Brookfield Multiplex.

Brookfield confirmed in a statement to Ðǿմ«Ã½â€™s sister title Property Week: “A settlement has been offered and, unless executed in the next seven days, it will fall away. The details of any settlement are private and confidential.â€

The value of the offer is not known. the consortium behind the Pinnacle had been ordered by the High Court to pay Brookfield Multiplex £16m, after it failed to file a defence against the contractor’s legal claim for unpaid fees.

The hearing gave Brookfield Multiplex the right to bring a winding-up order against the three special-purpose vehicles that own and managed the Pinnacle.

The proposed 1 million ft2 development has lain dormant for almost a year because of funding issues.