Go-ahead given for major Farringdon refurbishment scheme

Developer Welput and its funding partner BentallGreenOak have received planning consent for the refurbishment and extension of its Farringdon Road Estate to deliver high quality, sustainable commercial space.

Designed by Fathom Architects, the scheme at 143-157 Farringdon Road will revive and extend a series of four former warehouse buildings in Clerkenwell. The scheme targets significant improvements to the carbon footprint of the assets and is said to create a coherent new identity designed to enhance the tenant experience.

Ker Gilchrist, Managing Director at BentallGreenOak said, “This is not about trying to squeeze out more lettable floorspace, but rather focussing on the quality of the floorspace we can offer our customers.

“The Farringdon Road Estate is in an enviable location when it comes to the significant infrastructure gain that Farringdon is going to see when the new Elizabeth Line station opens in summer 2022. We will have over 6,100m² of super-flexible office space on conclusion of the planned works, providing a range of suites sizes with first class end-of-journey facilities and the standard of outdoor spaces that aspirational occupiers are looking for.”

Rebecca Thomas, Director at Fathom Architects said: “Creating renewed life and purpose for existing buildings is a challenge we love at Fathom. The Farringdon Road building is a robust warehouse in a fantastic location, but just wasn’t working from either an occupier or landlord perspective. Through a rigorous process of research and collaboration with our client and consultant team, we are very proud to have developed a design which revives this handsome Victorian building as a desirable modern workspace which supports wellbeing and has high sustainability credentials.”