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Long-awaited City application

Early stages on City site

Soho scheme underway

City demolition start

Office scheme for W1

Redesign for St Botolphs

Minerva tower could be re-designed

Threadneedle Street green light

Huge City fringe site discussions

Stock Exchange to complete in 2008

Minerva Skyscraper wins approval

Paddington scheme 'minded' to be approved

Planning permission for Stock Exchange.

Minerva revises 1m sq ft scheme

Grimshaw designs for LSE

Battersea Power Station gains permission

Northern House acquired by Asticus

Railtrack to consider development options at Waterloo

Hammerson to redevelop Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange has sold the freehold of Exchange Tower and a site at 24, Throgmorton Street, London, EC2 to Hammerson, the property developer, in a deal worth about £67m. The site has planning consent for 45,522 sq m (490,000 sq ft) office and retail scheme designed by Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners, which involves the refurbishment of the tower and a new build office and retail block. - (07-02-2004)

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Exchange plans reclad

The London Stock Exchange has submitted plans to the Corporation of London for the development of its site at 125 Old Broad Street EC2. The Stock Exchange is to relocate to Paternoster Square in mid-2004 and is planning to sell its existing premises on gaining planning consent. The new plans, by architect Nicholas Grimshaw, include a major refurbishment and re-cladding of the late 1980's 27-storey Exchange Tower and the development and a new podium level of 3,031 sq m (32,625 sq ft) as part of the 'East' Building and a new nine-level block (The West Building), providing 23,958 sq m (257,883 sq ft) of offices, will be created on the site of the old trading floor on the corner of Old Broad Street and Throgmorton Avenue. The scheme will provide a total of 65,804 sq m (708,314 sq ft) of office space (gross external area) and also include 7,236 sq m (77,888 sq ft) (gea) of retail space. City Offices Management is the project manager and Ove Arup is the structures and services consultant. - (13-11-2002)

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Stock Exchange submits plans

The London Stock Exchange has submitted plans to the Corporation of London for the development of its site in Old Broad Street, London EC2. The Stock Exchange is to relocate to Paternoster Square in mid-2004 and is planning to sell its existing premises on gaining planning consent. The new plans, by architect Nicholas Grimshaw, include a major refurbishment of the 26-storey Exchange Tower and the development of two new buildings. An eight-storey block will be created on the site of the old trading floor and a five-storey building on the corner of Old Broad Street and Throgmorton Avenue. The scheme will provide 44,128 sq m (475,000 sq ft) of office space and also include 3,716 sq m (40,000 sq ft) of retail space. The London Stock Exchange is being advised by Greycoat subsidiary City Offices and Insignia Richard Ellis has advised on the plans. - (17-10-2002)

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'Groundscraper' to 'Skyscraper'

Minerva, the property developer, is said to be about to submit a new planning application for its St Botolph's House site in Aldgate, London EC3. Minerva already has planning permission for a 14-storey 'groundscraper' development of about 48,473 sq m (525,000 sq ft) but is now looking to build a 36-storey skyscraper, with a net lettable area of around 1.1 million sq ft. Floorplates will be about 2,972 sq m (32,000 sq ft) each. The scheme will also include 1,765 sq m (19,000 sq ft) of retail space and a roof top restaurant. Nicholas Grimshaw has designed the building, which will be 516 ft high, making it slightly lower than Tower 42. - (09-09-2001)

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DEGW to advise London mayor

DEGW has been commissioned by Ken Livingstone, mayor of London, to draw up a tall buildings strategy for the capital. Laoro Nicholaou, the DEGW project manager, has said that the firm has been given "a blank sheet" on which to produce its recommendations. DEGW will look at whether tall buildings should be clustered together or if individual buildings should be allowed. An expert panel, led by John Worthington at DEGW, will also consider the economic case for tall buildings. DEGW completed a similar study for the Dublin last year. - (10-08-2001)

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Minerva to start Aldgate scheme

Minerva, the property company, is thought to have obtained vacant possession of its development site at St Botolph's in London E1. The site situated on the Aldgate roundabout, and includes St Botolph's House, Ambassador House, 138-139 Houndsditch and 2 White Kennett Street. Minerva is understood to have just bought out the interest of the Consignia, previously known as the Post Office, and is now said to be likely to start construction of its 48,473 sq m (525,000 sq ft) 'groundscraper' in December 2001. The architect for the scheme is Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners. - (18-06-2001)

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Battersea gains approvals

Parkview International has been granted planning permission by the London Borough of Wandsworth for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, London SW11, as a retail and leisure scheme. Detailed planning permission was given to all parts of the site not covered by earlier permissions. The latest planning decision approved Nicholas Grimshaw's designs for the redevelopment of Battersea Jetty, a 725-room hotel as part of a conference centre, with 18,004 sq m (193,800 sq ft) of meeting and banqueting space and a 2,100 seat theatre. Parkview now has consent to develop the 14ha (33.6 acres) site surrounding the power station with 1,125 hotel beds, a 44,128 sq m (475,000 sq ft) product showcase building, a 22,017 sq m (237,000 sq ft) seven-storey office building and residential units. The listed power station building will be used to accommodate a mix of retail, cafes, bars, restaurants, cinemas and other attractions. - (01-06-2001)

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Royal Parks object to Paddington skyscrapers

The Royal Parks Agency is lobbying Westminster City Council to reject the plans for skyscrapers at Paddington. The RPA says that the proposed towers will have an intrusive effect on Kensington Gardens, Hyde Park and Regents Park and has demonstrated the possible impact with 'before' and after' illustrations. The RPA has stated that neither the Grand Union Building, by architect Lord Rogers, or The Station Tower by Nicholas Grimshaw for Railtrack, should be granted planning permission. - (23-11-2000)

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"The Tree House" scheme submitted

Asticus has just submitted a planning application for an alternative 10-storey scheme at Northern House, 29 Gresham Street, London EC2. The new scheme comprises a total of 15,510 sq m (166,949 sq ft) with 13,278 sq m (142,924 sq ft) of office space and 778 sq m (8,374 sq ft) of restaurant space. The new scheme, designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, seems to be named "The Tree House". - (28-09-2000)

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