21 Storey Tower Coming to Wood Lane's White City Place
Council approves plans for three buildings which will create around 8,000 jobs
Three new office buildings, including a 21 storey tower, are coming to White City Place and are set to create around 8,000 new jobs.
Developers Stanhope and Mitsui Fudosan and AIMCo have been given the go ahead by Hammersmith & Fulham Council for new new buildings - additions to six existing buildings on the 17-acre Gateway site at White City Place, formerly BBC Media Village.
The developers say:
• The building on the Gateway East site will be 21 storeys and will front to the newly created Arrival Square and Wood Lane. As well as offices on the upper floor the ground floor will offer shops and restaurants.
• The building on the Gateway Central site will vary in height from four to 12 storeys and will also offer a mix of offices on the upper floors and cafes and restaurants below.
• The building on the Gateway West site will be a low-rise three and four storey office building.
Stanhope says it has teamed up with co-working space Huckletree to deliver an affordable workspace and community engagement hub in one of the new buildings.
The facility will be a permanent location for an accelerator incubator, and an events and workshop programmes for start-ups and SMEs based in West London.
The new co-working space will provide a minimum of 180 desks and up to 50 memberships will be free of charge for a period of six months to eligible start-ups.
All the remaining desks will be offered to local business and residents at a discount of 25% of the market rent of Huckletree’s existing co-working space in the MediaWorks building.
Local parents with young children will also have full access to the community breakout and events space between 9am and 1m Monday to Friday, free of charge. For all three categories, the eligibility criteria will be developed and agreed jointly between Huckletree, Stanhope and H&F Council.
Stanhope also says the new Gateway development will include extensive public realm improvements which will link with the landscaping works underway at White City Place including North Avenue with new trees, raised gardens, lawns and the creation of a Central Square.
The three Gateway buildings will be in addition to the six existing buildings at White City Place. MediaWorks and WestWorks have been refurbished and are being let while Garden House has been let to the Royal College of Art.
Meanwhile the the Broadcast Centre, Energy Centre and Lighthouse buildings are pre-let to the BBC and house more than 3,000 staff.
November 13, 2017
