Castle and Fitzroy House scheme designed by Morris & Co

A 拢150m scheme to redevelop a 1960s office block and its 1970s neighbour near Old Street roundabout is set to go before Islington planners in north London next month.

Work involves turning Fitzroy House, a four-storey office built in the 1960s, and the three-storey Castle House next door will be turned into a mixed-use development running across 32,500 sq m.

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The scheme will include a roof garden

The City fringe plans have been drawn up by Morris & Co, the architect behind Derwent鈥檚 nearby Featherstone 黑洞社区 that was completed by Skanska last year, and were submitted last summer.

In the plans, the new scheme is described as a part 5, part 6 and part 7 storey building and will include roof terraces as well as publicly accessible space on the ground floor along with affordable workspace for SMEs.

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Occupiers are exepcted to include SMEs as well as those in the tech and finance sectors

The planning documents state the space 鈥渨ill appeal to a wide spectrum of occupiers, and include the potential for businesses in the tech, financial and law sectors鈥�.

Others working on the scheme include project manager Blackburn & Co, QS Exigere and M&E consultant Hoare Lea. Structural engineer is Heyne Tillet Steel while fa莽ade engineer is Eckersley O鈥機allaghan with LDA Design landscape architect.

Client on the scheme is London investor Capreon which is acting as asset manager for Lion Portfolio Ltd.

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