Plans in for major London Shoreditch mixed-use scheme

Aaron Morby 6 months ago
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Plans to redevelop a 1.5ha site on London’s City fringe with a 650,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme have gone in for planning.

The Shoreditch Works redevelopment site is currently occupied by nearly 40 low-rise buildings of between four and six storeys. Around half of these would be demolished to create.

Most of the new buildings will be 9 storeys or less in height, with one landmark 19-storey building.

Developer Linea Properties – a joint venture between local landowners HDG and The Estate Office Shoreditch – enlisted architect Kohn Pedersen Fox and heritage specialist Richard Griffiths Architects to draw up the plan for the Hackney area next to the City.

Development area bounded by Curtain Road, Worship Street and Holywell Row.

Key highlights from the development include:

• 423,340 sq ft of new build and 227,000 sq ft of modernised office space

• Policy compliant affordable workspace provision to include the green investment and research-focused Shoreditch Works Innovation Centre laboratory and prototyping space, as well as maker, exhibition and artist studio spaces, in collaboration with ACAVA and the Crafts Council.

• Accommodation for over 6,000 business, research and creative sector jobs.

• A doubling of the existing number of homes onsite to 78 dwellings with on-site affordable housing for the first time at 35%.

• New flexible indoor/outdoor 8,500 sq ft ‘Urban Room’ community asset for work and community events, networking and learning use.

• 8,570 sq ft of public realm and 58,060 sq ft of publicly accessible internal ground floor spaces.

• Restoration of Grade II* 91-101 Worship Street and listed Webb Terrace.

• £31m of social value for Hackney residents in year one along, alongside 612 jobs and apprenticeships for unemployed residents across construction and end use, and 1,500+ career development outcomes for local young people.

A spokesperson for Linea Properties, said: “This is a huge milestone for Shoreditch, Hackney, and London. Our positioning for Shoreditch Works is ‘Local Roots. Global Impact.’ And that is exactly what this project will deliver.”

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