{"id":188775,"date":"2025-10-09T19:30:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188775\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T19:30:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T19:30:10","slug":"ahmm-shoreditch-aparthotel-and-offices-unanimously-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188775\/","title":{"rendered":"AHMM Shoreditch aparthotel and offices unanimously approved"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Singer Studios proposal for developer General Projects<\/a> received the go ahead last night (8 October) at a planning committee meeting.<\/p>\n

The major 17,200m\u00b2 regeneration scheme is for a \u2018creative low-carbon\u2019 neighbourhood, featuring three new buildings \u2013 a 19-storey 202-studio aparthotel, an eight-storey cross-laminated timber office building and a four-storey residential building \u2013 set within 0.2ha of new green public realm<\/p>\n

Four new entrances will give access to a new public courtyard, designed by local artists, selected following an open competition, according to the developer.<\/p>\n

The scheme will replace a collection of six older buildings on a site known as Shoreditch Island, which is bounded by Great Eastern Street, Tabernacle Street and Singer Street.<\/p>\n

Hackney approved the scheme after AHMM cut three storeys from the tallest building earlier this year. The practice had initially presented plans for a 22-storey tower.<\/p>\n

In planning documents, the AJ100 practice said that it had given \u2018careful consideration\u2019 to concerns over the height and that \u2018reducing the height of the tower [was achieved] without losing its elegant, slender proportion\u2019.<\/p>\n

Hackney planning officers described the development as presenting \u2018both positive contributions and areas of concern regarding heritage impact\u2019.<\/p>\n

They said: \u2018The proposed tower and office building, despite height reductions, will have transformative and harmful impacts on the South Shoreditch Conservation Area. The demolition of a positive contributor adds to this harm.<\/p>\n

\u2018However, the development offers conservation benefits such as the enhancement and unification of the Old Street and Tabernacle Square terraces, improved street frontages, and general design benefits including a publicly accessible central courtyard with new pedestrian routes, and high-quality architecture and materiality.\u2019<\/p>\n

General Projects chief development officer Frederic Schwass said: \u2018Shoreditch and the Old Street roundabout have long been a hub for creativity and innovation in London.<\/p>\n

\u2018With the redevelopment of this gateway site, we\u2019re excited to bring our vision to life, transforming a deteriorating plot into a new destination fit for the area\u2019s already thriving industry.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re pleased that Hackney Council is supporting our vision, which will serve as a landmark for development which both echoes and enhances Shoreditch\u2019s unique character.\u2019<\/p>\n

The Shoreditch Island site had been set to be turned into a different mixed-use scheme<\/a> under plans from Douglas and King Architects unveiled in 2017 and approved the following year.<\/p>\n

Hackney Council had also earlier granted planning permission for plans by Steven Atkin Architects to demolish a building at 95 Tabernacle Street used as a takeaway food outlet to build a four-storey office and retail building.<\/p>\n

General Projects said its proposals aimed to achieve benchmark sustainability credentials, including BREEAM Outstanding and Net Zero Carbon in operation ratings.<\/p>\n

A timeline for completion has yet to be set out.<\/p>\n

Current site view<\/p>\n

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