But its fortunes are changing as Centre Point is The tower has remained largely empty for most of its life, sitting on a forlorn site next to Tottenham Court Road Tube at the wrong end of Oxford Street.

Centre Point, which stands at the cross-section of Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street, attracted controversy when it was first built by property tycoon Harry Hyams in 1966. The company converted the 33-storey former office block, near Tottenham Court Road, into homes in 2015 in a £350million refit and have so far sold around half of … Set where Soho, Fitzrovia, Bloomsbury and Covent Garden meet, and alongside Crossrail’s Tottenham Court Road station, Centre Point had the potential to be a new destination in London’s celebrated West End. It was a short-lived triumph that rapidly faded. It’s essentially a ridiculously high-end food hall, and it’s taken residence within the iconic Centre Point building that pins Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street together – and which, if this city can be said to have a centre, marks the centre of the city. Centre Point was built in 1966 and is one of the great works of modern architecture. The building was commissioned by renowned developer Harry Hyams and designed by Richard Seifert. Tottenham Court Road (occasionally abbreviated as TCR) is a major road in Central London, almost entirely within the London Borough of Camden.. Centre Point Centre Point is a Grade II Listed complex within central London. Tube station and Centre Point, taken from the Oxford Street/Tottenham Court Road junction. When it was created it captured the adventurous spirit of 1960's London, which has inspired the design of Centre Point’s transformation. The designs transform the office building and public realm into a new residential use tower with retail, restaurants and a major public space at its base.
Reflections on the north side of the tower, facing New Oxford Street. The road/pedestrian underpass runs underneath.

Centre Point was completed in 1964, offering 180,000 square feet of office space. More than 50 years ago Centre Point was launched as a 33-storey office tower, a new landmark on the West End skyline. The road runs from Euston Road in the north to St Giles Circus in the south; Tottenham Court Road tube station lies just beyond the southern end of the road.