Jewry Street development will have 311 guest rooms and rooftop restaurant
City of London planners have approved Sheppard Robson-designed proposals to replace a 1950s office building near Aldgate with a 15-storey hotel.
The practice鈥檚 proposals for RP Assets 鈥� owned by Austrian hoteliers Rudolf and Christian Ploberger 鈥� received the backing of members of the City鈥檚 planning and transportation committee at their meeting last week.
The Plobergers said their proposals would contribute to the City鈥檚 leisure and tourism offer 鈥� with 311 hotel rooms, a caf茅/bar on the ground floor and a rooftop restaurant, both open to the public.
The development will also house a co-working space 鈥� with free and discounted use of podcasting studios, meeting rooms and event spaces offered for community and educational purposes 鈥� as well as proposals for a cultural hub.
City planners said that to reduce the carbon impact of the scheme, the development would retain part of the existing basement and ground floor levels, including partial reuse of floor slab, columns and foundations.
They said the scheme was targeting a BREEAM sustainability rating of 鈥渆xcellent鈥� and that it would achieve a 54% reduction in operational carbon emissions.
A said Sheppard Robson鈥檚 plans would deliver 11,221sq m of new floorspace, almost doubling the current building鈥檚 5,770sq m gross internal area.
Planning and transportation committee chair Shravan Joshi said delivering new hotel accommodation had an important role to play in the corporation鈥檚 long-term development plans.
鈥淎ttracting UK and international visitors with a vibrant leisure and tourism offer is at the heart of the City鈥檚 recovery,鈥� he said.
鈥淲e also want to provide flexible spaces for SMEs, start-ups and community and cultural uses, complementing our world-class financial and professional services sector.
鈥淪ustainability has been a core consideration of this scheme, which will boost tourism and provide a boutique co-working space to meet the changing needs of businesses.鈥�
A spokesperson for the Plobergers said the development had exciting potential to contribute to the 鈥渞eimagination鈥� of the eastern part of the City as a 鈥渕ore sustainable and vibrant place of economic and social activity鈥�.
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