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Case Studies

The projects listed below are a selection of schemes that Watkins Payne has been involved in and does not reflect the full set of expertise we have accumulated over the years since the practice was established in 1970.

Pembroke House

Watkins Payne is proud to have been an integral part of the MEPH services, Vertical Transportation and sustainability BREEAM consultancy…

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Adventure Park Windsor

The Adventure Park covers 1.2 acres and is created using sustainably-sourced wood from the Windsor Estate, providing an extensive playground…

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53 Great Suffolk Street

The refurbishment of 53 Great Suffolk Street in London involved the transformation of a historic warehouse into a contemporary office…

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The Kodak

The Kodak building in Holborn has been designed to achieve high sustainability benchmarks with WELL 'Gold' and BREEAM 'Excellent'.

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20 Air Street

The project also involved the refurbishment of the reception space and improvement of the cycle store entrance and wayfinding at…

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21 Sackville Street

The office building is targeting Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating of A.

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Soapworks Bristol

Watkins Payne carried out the Independent Design Review role for Block A at The Soapworks development.

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135 Park Street

The development is an 12 storey building comprising 13,475m2 (NIA) of office area over basement to eleventh floor and 141m2…

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90 Long Acre

The project also involved the refurbishment of the reception space and improvement of the cycle store entrance and wayfinding at…

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Minerva House

The Minerva House redevelopment works will include the partial demolition of the existing building and extension comprising of additional upper…

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Seal House

Watkins Payne carried out the Independent Design Review role for Seal House, a commercial office development, located in central London.

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Red Lion Court

Watkins Payne carried out the Independent Design Review role for Red Lion Court, a mixed use commercial office development, located…

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2 Aldermanbury Square

Watkins Payne carried out the Independent Design Review role for 2 Aldermanbury Square, a redevelopment of the existing City Place…

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Arca, Birmingham

Exposed services has been adopted for the office floor provided new LED linear lighting, ducted fan coil units and power…

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St James’s Market Phase 2

St James's Market Phase 2 is the “pioneer” related to the Design for Performance initiative and NABERS UK rating.

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61 Whitehall

The MEP services were all replaced with a focus on energy efficiency using air source heat pumps, LED lighting and…

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Multistory

Multistory (formerly 2 Colmore Square and Cannon House) is setting the new benchwork for Sustainability, targeting WiredScore Platinum, Fitwel 2…

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The Northcliffe

The project involved the refurbishment and extension of the existing building to deliver over 260,000sq ft of office space, achieving…

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101 New Cavendish Street

A wealth of experience in exposed services projects has enabled Watkins Payne to provide the highest level specification for the…

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Bumpstead Road Suffolk

Albany House & 80-82 Mortimer Street

Client Gross Internal Floor Area The Crown Estate’s redevelopment of Albany House and 80-82 Mortimer Street has been an extensive…

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1 Forbury

1 Forbury Place Reading

Watkins Payne provided MEP systems and IT cabling design services for the fit-out of 186,000ft2 of commercial offices in the…

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25 Windsor Road

Located in the heart of Slough, the office building at 25 Windsor Road has been transformed.

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Premier Inn

Premier Inn, Uxbridge

Premier Inn has recently invested in the redevelopment of its Uxbridge hotel to provide increased accommodation options and better facilities…

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The Sanctuary

The Practice was responsible for the design and site monitoring of the related mechanical, electrical and public health services installation.

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Claridge's Hotel

The Claridge’s Hotel

The Practice was responsible for designing the complete refurbishment of the mechanical, electrical and public health services to all of…

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Colmore Gate

We are looking forward to our continued involvement in the project, pending positive planning feedback.

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Union House Southwark

Situated in Southwark on the intersection of Great Suffolk Street and Union Street, the iconic red brick Union House, historically…

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5-7 Carnaby Street, Soho London

This project is a mixed use office and retail scheme which consists of a new double height roof extension and…

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St James's Place

St James’s Place

The building services use a 4-pipe fan coil unit arrangement with various ventilation systems to suit the different use areas.…

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The Bower, Stockley Park

The Bower office development in Stockley Park, near Heathrow, has been recognised as the best Refurbishment/Regeneration Outside Central London in…

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106-110 Kentish Town Road

The refurbishment provides office space, along with the ground floor being granted A1 retail use. High-level exposed services were designed…

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Aurora Office Ealing

Aurora, Ealing

New dawn for Ealing offices

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Vantage Point

Watkins Payne reviewed a number of mechanical and electrical options with the team, focusing on retention of key central plant,…

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The Savill Building Windsor

Visitor centre expanded in Windsor Great Park.

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Pinehurst, Farnborough

1 & 2 Pinehurst Farnborough Business Park

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The Savoy Hotel

The Practice was responsible for designing and monitoring the refurbishment of the kitchen facilities.

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100 Regent St - Glasshouse (1)

100 Regent Street – Glasshouse

33 Glasshouse Street

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Bumpstead Road Suffolk

Bumpstead Road Suffolk

The building is provided with natural ventilation and LTHW heating to the showroom and office areas, plus the toilets which…

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Apex Tower

Apex Tower located next to New Malden train station is a 15-story office development. At ground level an enlarged prestigious…

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Fortess Grove

The exposed services strategy implemented at Fortess Grove compliments the industrial nature of the building. Cycling facilities are provided along…

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8 South Crescent, Canning Town

8 South Crescent, Canning Town

11 Waterloo Place

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Portland House

The development at Portland House will comprise circa 300,000ft² of primary office led accommodation together with retail and amenity space.

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36 Carnaby Street

The speculative office space is fitted out to a Category A standard and will be British Council of Offices (BCO)…

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TNT Hub Dartford

TNT Logistics Hub, Dartford

Sustainability initiatives include LED lighting with occupancy detection and daylight dimming controls, solar thermal hot water heating, air source heat…

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Navigation Park Phase 2, Enfield

The carbon neutral status was achieved by exemplary as-built air tightness facade solar and thermal performance significantly in excess of…

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Skyline Development, Heathrow Airport

Skyline development for SEGRO plc provides well-connected Grade A logistics, distribution and warehousing facilities as it is adjacent to Heathrow…

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1000 Hillswood Park

1000 Hillswood Park is targeting BREEAM ‘Excellent’, EPC target of ‘A’ and a NABERS UK Design Reviewed Target Rating of…

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11 Waterloo Place

11 Waterloo Place is located in St James’s London. The newly refurbished CAT A office space on the 1st floor…

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Unit 8 Chichester Business Park

Unit 8, in Tangmere Business Park near Chichester, has been provided with a complete refurbishment giving both the warehouse and…

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Pegasus Mayfair

The development Pegasus Mayfair is targeting a B rated EPC, BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ and WELL ‘Gold’ and Watkins Payne is providing…

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Marble Arch Place

The office building has achieved a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating with ‘Very Good’ ratings for the retail units.

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Rome House Internal

Rome House

New build residential development providing 142 units over 3 blocks up to 16 storeys in height.

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Eastbourne Terrace

50 Eastbourne Terrace

New build mixed-use development comprising a commercial building housing both office and retail accommodation along with a row of 7…

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The Fitzrovia W1, Tottenham Court Road

The Fitzrovia W1 is an 88,000 sq. ft. mixed-use scheme at 247 Tottenham Court Road.

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86 Fetter Lane

Fetter Yard, London

Watkins Payne was involved with the Fetter Yard project on 86 Fetter Lane for 5 years and provided the MEP…

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86 Winter Street, Sheffield

A purpose-built student accommodation scheme by CA Ventures.

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72 Broadwick Street

Watkins Payne were commissioned to undertake the design and refurbishment of the 2 retail units, 15 residential units and office…

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10 Spring Gardens

10 Spring Gardens, a Sustainable office building refurbishment.

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Hilton Garden Inn, Abingdon

Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Abingdon has undergone a major refurbishment.

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Cathedral Street, Glasgow

A purpose-built student accommodation scheme at Cathedral Street, Glasgow.

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Dundee Street, Edinburgh

A purpose-built student accommodation scheme at Dundee Street Edinburgh.

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One Forbury Square

One Forbury Square, Reading. A Fitwel office refurbishment.

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Michael Faraday IET

Michael Faraday House, IET

Michael Faraday House IET, Stevenage. A Sustainable Building Refurbishment.

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Building 5 – Foundation Business Park

Building 5 has been shortlisted for the BCO regional awards!

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258 Bath Road Reception

258 Bath Road

A light touch in Slough 258 Bath Road, Office building refurbishment.

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76 Southbank

Sustainability is incredibly important for the Client and as such the building is targeting BREEAM ‘Outstanding’, WELL 'enabled' Gold, alongside…

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New Zealand House

The New Zealand House comprises over 200,000ft² of space over two basement levels, ground to level 18

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Vienna House

Vienna House is an impressive three storey refurbishment that provides 26,000ft² of office space across the development which provides best…

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Garrick Road

Garrick House formerly an office and educational facility is being converted...

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Monarch House – Travel Lodge

The building has been transformed to provide a 133 bedroom hotel including car and cycle parking on site.

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Holiday Inn, Shepperton

The Holiday Inn Hotel in Shepperton has undergone a major refurbishment.

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Quay Place

Quay Place in Birmingham is situated next to the Utilita Arena which is a sport, exhibition and a concert venue.…

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Unit 3 Dorking Park

Dorking Business Park

Unit 3 at Dorking Business Park has just received Practical Completion following a comprehensive refurbishment.

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103 Colmore Row

103 Colmore Row in Birmingham, has achieved a successful practical completion with BREEAM accreditation of 'Excellent', an EPC Rating A,…

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63-81 Pelham Street

‘The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has granted planning consent for 115,000 sq ft of new high-quality office space…

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50 Marshall Street

50 Marshall Street

Watkins Payne was commissioned to design a Cat A fit-out refurbishment across the existing 11,800sq.ft building. The ground floor was…

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St Martin's Courtyard

St Martin’s Courtyard

St Martin's Courtyard is a beautiful open-air shopping and dining destination located in the heart of Covent Garden.

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6-10 Market Road

6-10 Market Road is an office building which was originally constructed in 1989. Watkins Payne were commissioned to design a…

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1 Blyth Gate, Birmingham

1 Blyth Gate, Birmingham is a three-story office development in Solihull. It boasts a triple height reception and the amenity…

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10 Fetter Lane, London-Reception and 2nd floor office

10 Fetter Lane needed some freshening up for marketing, so the first floor offices were to be modernised as a…

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Coverys, 6th Floor – 1 Creechurch Place, London

When Coverys signed the lease to occupy the sixth floor at 1 Creechurch Place in London EC3A, Watkins Payne were…

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32 Duke Street, London

32 Duke Street in the heart of St James’s, the contemporary development known as The Marq comprises mixed use accommodation,…

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Nash House, London

Nash House is located on the corner of Maddox Street and St George Street in London and was constructed in…

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Project Genesis, Endeavour Dr

The completed site now comprises four detached industrial warehouse units ranging from 14,000sq ft to 36,000sq ft, all with naturally…

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Egale 2, Watford

Situated just a stone’s throw away from Watford Junction station, the Egale 2 building has been tastefully renovated into a…

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234 Bath Road, Slough

234 Bath Road development located in Slough is arranged over ground, first and second floors, with a basement level car…

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Globeside, Building 2

Princes Arcade in St James’s is part of the Grade II listed building within which a major new restaurant unit…

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Princes Arcade

Princes Arcade in St James’s is part of the Grade II listed building within which a major new restaurant unit…

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57 Broadwick Street, London

Located to the east of Carnaby Street and part of the Shaftesbury portfolio, 57 Broadwick Street has undergone an extensive…

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The Smithson Building, Farringdon

The 47,900ft² area of The Smithson building in Farringdon was refurbished to high quality office accommodation, for which Watkins Payne…

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21 St James’ Square, London

The Grade II listed 21 St James' Square building has been refurbished to offer 89,000ft² of high quality office accommodation,…

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20 St James’ Street, London

The building at 20 St James' Street has been refurbished to offer 53,295ft² of high quality office accommodation, for which…

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Coda Studio-Gym, Fulham

Coda Studio, located in Fulham’s Munster Road, contains 57 self-contained office units providing rentable accommodation for various types of small…

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Central Park, Brighton

The property situated on the A23 near Brighton was granted permission by the council under permitted development rights to change…

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Building 600, Bristol

Building 600 located at Aztec West Business park in Bristol has been refurbished to offer 12,500ft² of high quality office…

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7 Bermondsey Street, London

The 7,600ft² area of 7 Bermondsey Street near London Bridge Station was refurbished to high quality office accommodation, for which…

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Academy House, London

Academy House was refurbished to provide 22,100ft² of high quality office accommodation. Watkins Payne supplied building services engineering which saw…

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Fitzroy Place

The mixed use development comprises two office buildings totalling 220,000ft² of high quality office accommodation together with a 289 unit…

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1 New Burlington Place, Mayfair

The building at 1 New Burlington Place has been redeveloped to offer 183,000ft² of high quality office and retail accommodation,…

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5 Broadgate, London

5 Broadgate is a new 12 story building next to Liverpool Street station in London which offer 700,000ft² of high…

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Montblanc, Heathrow T5 Airport

The new retail unit within Heathrow Terminal 5 for Montblanc has now been successfully trading for two months. The unit…

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Saffron House

Saffron House was refurbished to provide 38,000ft² of high quality office accommodation. Watkins Payne supplied building services engineering which saw…

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10 Brock Street, Regents Place

The mixed use development comprises two office buildings totalling 530,000ft² of high quality office accommodation together with a 162 unit…

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The Leadenhall Building

BRIT Insurance took 5 floors of the Leadenhall building with views over Tower Bridge and the Thames. The 60,000ft² of…

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Tetris A40 Industrial, Greenford

Designed by Foster Associates in the late 1970s, the Tetris A40 industrial and logistics distribution building in Greenford contains elements…

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2 New Burlington Street, Mayfair, London

The Grade II listed building at 2 New Burlington Street has been redeveloped to offer 5,000ft² of high quality residential…

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55 Colmore Row, Birmingham

The building at 55 Colmore Row has been refurbished to offer 150,000ft² of high quality office accommodation, for which Watkins…

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Africa House, London

The building Africa House along Kingsway near Holborn Station has been refurbished to offer 119,297ft² of high quality office accommodation,…

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8 Waterloo Place, London

A Grade II Listed Building in the St James's conservation area, 8 Waterloo Place has been refurbished to offer 22,500ft²…

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202 Hammersmith Road, London

The building at 202 Hammersmith Road has been refurbished to offer 14,864ft² of high quality office accommodation, for which Watkins…

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10 New Burlington Street, Mayfair

The building at 10 New Burlington Street has been redeveloped to offer 172,000ft² of high quality office and retail accommodation,…

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