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Plan for 48-floor tower in London’s Square Mile

Plans to build a 48-floor office tower close to the Broadgate development by Chinese firm Giant Mind. Architect SOM is working up designs ahead of submitting a planning application for the 41,000 sq m scheme. Proposals include a terrace at mid-level on the 200m tall building. New plans replace previous proposals approved by Hackney Borough […]

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Capital&Centric plan new work spaces and HQ for Manchester’s growing Piccadilly East neighbourhood

MANCHESTER’S Piccadilly East neighbourhood is set to grow, with Capital&Centric planning to restore a historic warehouse into buzzing new workspaces and their new HQ. The social mission developers have acquired Chapeltown Warehouse, which adjoins their owner occupier community at Crusader Mill on Chapeltown Street. They plan to transform it into 20,000 sqft of high quality […]

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95 apartments on Nottingham Canal set for approval

The conversion of one of the British Waterways Building – one of Nottingham’s most recognisable buildings – into new waterside flats is being tipped for approval. Council officers have recommended that the plan to convert the landmark into 95 apartments be given the greenlight. Councillors will vote on proposals for the listed property, situated off […]

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Redevelopment of former brewery in East London to go ahead

A proposed development in Brick Lane has been approved, which will see new offices, shops and restaurants built on the site of the Old Truman Brewery in East London. Situated on Brick Lane and Woodseer Street, the Buckley Grey Yeoman-designed scheme involves constructing a part-five storey office building with ground and first-floor commercial units and […]

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Liverpool: Greenlight given to convert former bank into 92 room hotel

Plans to transform a former Natwest bank into a 92-bedroom hotel in Liverpool have been approved by the council. The former NatWest building on Castle Street is to be converted into a 92-room hotel with a double-storey roof extension. JSM Company Group plans to develop the vacant grade two-listed Liverpool city centre property after purchasing […]

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20-storey London tower block and homeless shelter set for approval

Two tower blocks with nearly 100 flats and a homeless shelter could be built in Central London. Over £50 million could be spent redeveloping the St Mungo’s premises in Harrow Road and building a 20-storey tower with flats for rent, along with a nine-storey homeless centre for the charity next door.  The new homeless centre […]

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Social rented flats planned for Glasgow

Morris & Spottiswood and Mast Architects propose to deliver a block of flats between garages and an existing block of tenements at 17 South Annandale Street, Glasgow. Plans involve a four-storey building with laurel hedges planted at street level and communal gardens with cycle and bin stores. The 0.89-hectare site has lain empty for 20 years. […]

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