The project for Orion Capital Managers and Quadrant Estates will transform the Grade II listed building, formerly known as Carmelite House. The 1897 building lies within the Whitefriars Conservation Area near Blackfriars Bridge in the City of London. For many decades, it was home to Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail.
The project is due to complete in April 2014.
Designed by Fletcher Priest Architects, the scheme will provide 20,000 sq ft office floor plates and a 7,500 sq ft roof terrace.
The existing building comprises a basement, lower ground, ground and six upper floors, and has two distinct external elements. To the rear of the site, the building incorporates a Grade II Listed façade, with a 1990’s elevation to the front. The redevelopment will leave the rear façades untouched. The design also retains the majority of the existing structural frame.
The project includes the replacement of the windows and a façade, and the remodelling of the floorplate, atrium and cores to improve natural lighting and create two separate tenant spaces on each floor and an area on the roof of the building which will be let.
Peter Jacobs, managing director of Morgan Sindall’s London office said: “We are very pleased to have been appointed to this distinctive scheme by Quadrant Estates, which will breathe new life into this characterful building.”
The project team includes quantity surveyors Gardiner & Theobald, engineers WSP, and mechanical and electrical engineers Chapman Bathurst. Project management on the site is by Second London Wall.
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