Evans Randall Investors’ plans for a £173m, 10-storey office block at Holborn Circus have been recommended for approval by the City of London Corporation.
The scheme would see the 1950s-built Thavies Inn House at 1-6 Holborn Circus, EC1, knocked down and replaced with a new building comprising 133,700 sq ft of office space and about 2,600 sq ft of retail on the ground floor.
New public realm would include a public pocket park and new trees – the plans would mean the removal of two trees currently subject to preservation orders.
The Wilkinson Eyre Architects-designed building has been planned to secure a BREEAM Outstanding rating and achieve 17% carbon savings from renewable energy.
The proposals are recommended for approval at the corporation’s planning meeting on Friday.
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