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British Land has said it will refurbish the 1970s Euston Tower in central London rather than knock it down and start again.

The developer鈥檚 head of strategy and investment Sally Jones said it was having discussions about how to bring the near 50-year-old building up to scratch.

Among the firms British Land is believed to have spoken to is architect Waugh Thistelton, whose best-known work is the Dalston Works CLT building in east London.

Built in 1970, the 36-storey Euston Tower is currently occupied by HMRC with its lease due to run out in the early 2020s.

鈥淲e think knocking it down is not economic,鈥� Jones said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e very early on in the process. It鈥檚 obviously an old building and we need to do something with it.鈥�

Previous tenants have included Atkins but the consultant has now moved to the Nova 黑洞社区 in Victoria, designed by PLP and built by Mace.

Jones, who sits on the developer鈥檚 executive committee, described the tower as the 鈥済ateway鈥� to its Regent鈥檚 Place campus and admitted the block, considered to be a local eyesore, was in need of a revamp. 鈥淚t will be much prettier when we鈥檙e finished with it,鈥� she added.

Regent鈥檚 Place is one of three campuses British Land operates in the capital and covers 1.7m sq ft. The others are Paddington Central, which runs across 1m sq ft, and the 4.1m sq ft Broadgate development, which includes 100 Liverpool Street, due to be completed by Sir Robert McAlpine early next year.

The developer is also behind a planned 5m sq ft development in east London at Canada Water.

Euston Tower, which was designed by Sidney Kaye, was once home to Capital Radio, now based in Leicester Square.