The £105m project will be built in the heart of London’s emerging ‘Tech City’ district and demonstrates Derwent’s new stripped-down concept offices.
Brookfield is now getting to work on parts of the site before demolition of buildings for the landmark 16-storey building and a mixture of new and refurbished five and six-storey offices.
Arup is providing building services engineering and sustainability consultancy to the 290,000 sq ft building project.
The White Collar Factory concept will deliver a building that is both green – 25% lower operational energy demand – and much more flexible than traditional speculative office developments, with bare concrete walls and exposed services.
Naturally ventilated spec-offices will boast low rents and running costs.