A joint venture between a Meyer Bergman-advised investment fund and Warrior Group aims to give the once grand Grade II-listed department store in Bayswater a new lease of life.
The Foster + Partners designed £1bn mixed-use scheme will see 500,000-plus sq ft of homes and shops built behind the existing 1911 facade.
The plan to build more than 100 homes, a mixture of apartments and townhouses.around an inner courtyard with new shops, a boutique hotel, gym and basement cinema, will incorporate the iconic central dome.
Exterior of the existing building will be retained although it will be extended up with two extra floors
A new public courtyard will be at the heart of the new scheme
A hotel is planned to boost footfall and bring the leisure and retail scheme to life
The scheme will open onto Queensway, which is also planned to undergo a £50m revamp.
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