The Shard set for first office tenant As well as viewing galleries, the "vertical town" boasts restaurants, offices and the highest residential flats in the UK. It has been developed by Sellar Property in partnership with the state of Qatar, the building's majority owner, as part of a wider regeneration project around London Bridge station. Floors 34 to 52 have already been pre-let to the "five-star plus" Shangri-La Hotel, while announcements on restaurants are "imminent," said Mr Sellar. The main question remaining is who will be the first tenant to agree to take up office space. Transport for London was bought out of its lease by the developers in 2010, against a backdrop of rising rents. Since then, Qatar-based broadcaster Al Jazeera and US management consultant AT Kearney are said to have been in talks, but no one has been confirmed. "We are in serious discussions with three separate parties," said Mr Stellar. We are not in a hurry, not under pressure.