Lend Lease Wins £75m Hammersmith Office Job
19 January 2015

Lend Lease's Construction business has been appointed by longstanding client, Legal & General Property, one of the most active property fund managers in the UK, to create a £75 million mixed-use scheme on Hammersmith Road, London. The 350,000 sq ft development includes a 10-storey, Grade-A flexible office space, new retail frontage and public plaza. Works are set to commence in early January 2015 with completion expected in summer 2017.

Lend Lease will focus on creating a light and airy flexible working space with an improved townscape. The new 242,000 sq ft office, designed by Sheppard Robson, which will be home to up to 2,000 workers, will be built to maximise natural daylight and feature outdoor roof terraces. Able to accommodate from one to 29 tenants, the development will be stepped back from Hammersmith Road, with a new landscaped plaza at the front that leads through to a podium garden.

The public plaza will be landscaped to increase biodiversity and the Hammersmith Road pavement will be fully refurbished. A business lounge and café will form part of the retail element, which totals 13,000 sq ft, further enhancing the public realm and facilitating social interaction for workers and the wider local community. To encourage sustainable living, cycle routes and secure storage will be created.

Dennis Wilson, Lend Lease Project Director, said: "We are excited to be working with Legal & General and further strengthening the relationship that delivered both Central Saint Giles and Legal & General's headquarters at One Coleman Street, London Wall.

"This latest success capitalises on our strategy of winning repeat work from longstanding clients, and adds to our growing pipeline - having secured several major opportunities over the last few months."

Simon Wilkes, Head of Business Space Development at Legal & General Property, added: "Lend Lease's appointment on this exciting new development reflects the team's understanding of our needs, innovative approach and shared commitments to safety, the community and sustainability. Following this, we feel that we now have the best team in place to deliver what is set to be a milestone development for Hammersmith as a key office location in London."

The existing commercial building at 245 Hammersmith Road will be demolished to make way for the new scheme, which continues the rejuvenation of Hammersmith town centre as a strategic location to rival commercial developments to the West and North of the centre of London.

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For further information, please contact Nick Thornton or Amy Cassidy at Aver via nickthornton@aver.uk.com or amycassidy@aver.uk.com.

About Lend Lease

  1. Lend Lease is a leading international property and infrastructure group.  In the UK, it is the only fully integrated retail, residential and commercial provider delivering end-to-end property solutions. The company has core capabilities in development, investment management, construction, asset and property management.

  3. Lend Lease is behind some of London's largest and most exciting mixed-use regeneration projects such as Elephant & Castle and The International Quarter.

  5. Lend Lease is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and operates in four key regions - Australia, Asia, Americas and Europe. The group has more than 13,200 employees worldwide.

  7. Lend Lease is listed on the Dow Jones World Sustainability Index (DJSI) and in 2012 ranked in the top eight per cent of property companies, achieving scores of 90 per cent or higher in a range of categories.

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