{"id":424103,"date":"2025-09-14T16:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/424103\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T16:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T16:29:13","slug":"greater-london-house-to-see-refurbishment-following-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/424103\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater London House to see refurbishment following approval"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Greater London House will see its entrance, steps, and rooftop reimagined as part of a new refurbishment plan by Lazari Investments.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It comes after Camden Council\u2019s decision to grant planning consent last month.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Melvyn Hale, group director of developments at Lazari, said: &#8220;Our continuing investment maintains the building\u2019s relevance in London\u2019s office market and its status as a key employment location in the borough.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;A factory is a great starting point for an office building.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Its structure naturally gives you large, open spaces with plenty of light.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Not many offices give you four metre ceiling heights.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;The latest, substantial upgrade will bring a variety of outdoor spaces that can accommodate individual relaxation, socialising or meetings, large and small.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The proposals include a new sixth-floor rooftop terrace, a larger entrance, an expanded reception area, and upgraded communal workspaces.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The works will add 85,000 square feet of office space, with floor-to-ceiling heights of 3.7 metres, new air conditioning, and private terraces.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Located in Mornington Crescent, Greater London House houses tenants including ASOS, Revlon, the British Heart Foundation and Clarion Housing.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The building, originally the Carreras Black Cat cigarette factory, was built in 1928 and later converted into 376,000 square feet of office space.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Lazari Investments first acquired the property in 2007 and completed a major refurbishment in 2019.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The latest plans include a 6,157 square foot reception, a communal roof terrace, and new landscaped terraces along Hampstead Road.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  These terraces will feature seating areas and improved connections to the park opposite.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The scheme also incorporates sustainability measures, including the relocation of existing solar panels and the addition of 16 new panels.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The roof terrace will include planters, green walls, and a green roof to support biodiversity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Greater London House will see its entrance, steps, and rooftop reimagined as part of a new refurbishment plan&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-424103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115203602116728863","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}