China firm to build London's tallest residential tower, Brexit or no

New York

IN 2013, architecture firm HOK was approached by a representative of the Greenland Group, China's third-largest developer. "They said they were investing in London and that they'd made an offer on a parcel," said HOK senior vice-president Larry Malcic, who sat, on a recent afternoon, holding a cup of tea in his firm's London office. "They'd done their homework."

The land in question was a run-down warehouse adjacent to Canary Wharf, an area in th…