Firm to redevelop huge site in Hammersmith

Sheppard Robson 245 Hammersmith Road scheme

Sheppard Robson鈥檚 245 Hammersmith Road scheme

Lend Lease is set to start work on the 拢75m redevelopment of a 1980s west London scheme for Legal & General Property.

The firm will demolish Bechtel House, in Hammersmith Road, and replace it with a 350,000 sq feet scheme centred around a 10-storey Shepherd Robson designed office block.

Included in the development will be outdoor roof terraces, a new landscaped public plaza leading to a podium garden, and ground-floor retail space.

Lend Lease project director Dennis Wilson said the contract built on its track record at Central St Giles and Legal & General鈥檚 One Coleman Street headquarters in the City of London.

鈥淭his latest success capitalises on our strategy of winning repeat work from longstanding clients, and adds to our growing pipeline 鈥 having secured several major opportunities over the last few months,鈥 he said.

Simon Wilkes, head of business space development at Legal & General Property said Lend Lease鈥檚 appointment 鈥渞eflects the team鈥檚 understanding of our needs鈥.

Lend Lease said work would start on the project this month.