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30 St Mary Axe (previously known as the Swiss Re Building and informally known as the Gherkin) is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London. It was completed in December 2003 and opened in April 2004. With 41 floors, it is 180 meters and stands on the former sites of the Baltic Exchange and Chamber of Shipping, which was extensively damaged in 1992 in the Baltic Exchange bombing by a device placed by the Provisional IRA in St Mary Axe, a narrow street leading north from Leadenhall Street.

After plans to build the 92-story Millennium Tower were dropped, 30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin) was designed by Norman Foster and Arup Group. It was erected by Skanska; construction started in 2001.

The Gherkin has become a recognizable landmark of London, and it is one of the city's most widely recognized examples of contemporary architecture. It won the 2003 Emporis Skyscraper Award.

On the building's top-level (the 40th floor), there is a bar for tenants and their guests, with a panoramic view of London. A restaurant operates on the 39th floor, and private dining rooms on the 38th. Most buildings have extensive lift equipment on the roof of the building, but this was not possible for the Gherkin since a bar had been planned for the 40th floor. The architects dealt with this by having the main lift reach the 34th floor and a push-from-below lift to the 39th floor. There is a marble stairwell and a disabled persons' lift, which leads the visitor up to the bar in the dome.

Deloitte announced in April 2014 that the building was again being put up for sale, with an expected price of £550 million.[36] The current owners could not afford to make loan repayments, citing differences in the value of the multi-currency loan and the British pound, high-interest rates, and general financing structure. In November 2014, the Gherkin was purchased for £700 million by the Safra Group, controlled by the Brazilian billionaire Joseph Safra.

The Gherkin nickname was applied to the current building at least as long ago as 1999, referring to that plan's highly unorthodox layout and appearance.

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