Art-Invest Real Estate has been granted planning approval by Westminster City Council to redevelop Sackville House, W1.
The company submitted plans to provide 30,000 sq ft of new grade-A, sustainably led office space at the Grade II listed property at 40 Piccadilly in October last year.
As part of the renovation the new premises will also feature a roof terrace and a retail offering at ground-floor level. The Buckley Gray Yeoman design includes an extension to both the roof and the rear of the building to create a new seven-storey building comprising flexible workspace. Existing bank vaults on the lower-ground floor will be repurposed to provide amenities including a gym, fitness and spin studio and cycle storage.
The sustainability-focused design intends to extend the building’s usable life by a further 100 years by improving embodied and operational carbon performance, using sustainable materials for new elements and increasing the biodiversity gain from the roof and upper-floor terraces.
Renovation work is expected to start later this year.
Luka Vukotic, partner and head of development at Art-Invest Real Estate, said: “To sensitively reposition and relaunch the building, we wanted to focus on retaining and drawing on its historical significance, while achieving the highest ESG credentials and reconsidering the workspace-to-amenity space ratio. In doing so, we have created a unique offer in the West End and set a new standard for what occupiers can expect from a workspace of this size.”
Image © Buckley Gray Yeoman/Art-Invest Real Estate
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