Go-ahead for 35-storey London Old Street tower
Developer Endurance Land has got the planning green light to retrofit and extend an outdated 1990s office at Old Street roundabout on the City Fringe in London.
The landmark transformation project has been designed Kohn Pedersen Fox for 99 City Road and will provide 650,000 sq ft of space for tech clients.
New building will offer around 480,000 sq ft of office space and a 3,000 sq ft great room for conferences and public use.
The site is presently the headquarters of satellite communications group Inmarsat, which is planning to vacate the existing 1980s office building at the site.
This building will be partially demolished with around 60% of the existing building structure retained to reduce concrete use and shorten the construction programme.
The planned replacement tower will rise to around 160m and widen the pedestrian area around the site. It will also introduce green terraces and a winter garden at street level.