The original plans for the site were for a single tower named Eclipse, the result of a project by Cala Developments and initially designed by Broadway Malyan.

After successfully selling most of the apartments before construction began - Cala decided that the economic conditions were unfavourable and abandoned the scheme in 2005, causing concern among early investors by putting the land up for sale without a public announcement.

[2] The altered design included a high-quality glass cladding façade to replace the previously proposed brickwork skin.

A taller ground floor was also introduced, and a rooftop wind turbine array was added to improve the building's green credentials.

Construction started in 2007 under the agreed planning permission of the previous Eclipse building while a further application was submitted to alter the appearance of the tower and meet the City Council's design standards.