Steel-framed offices form Mayfair centrepiece

Redeveloping a large area of London’s Mayfair district, two steel-framed office blocks will form the central element of the South Molton project.

Alongside the offices, the scheme, which is being developed by Grosvenor and Mitsui Fudosan, will deliver new shops, cafés and restaurant, residential properties, a restored pub and a boutique hotel.

Providing corporate HQ opportunities in one of the West End’s most sought-after locations, the two eight-storey blocks at 60 Brook Street and 56 Davies Street, comprise 6,596m² and 7,246m² respectively. Working on behalf of Skanska, Severfield is installing 2,300t of steelwork for the project.

Helping the project achieve its sustainability targets, approximately 31t of reused steel has been incorporated into the steel frames.

Reusing materials also extends to the building’s fabric, as both structures incorporate retained façades; a red brick two-storey façade wraps around the southern elevation of the Davies Street building, while another four-storey (red brick and render) façade is retained on the Brook Street office.

Elsewhere, Portland Stone façades, which were carefully removed during the demolition works and taken away to be cleaned, will be reinstated to clad parts of both buildings.

South Molton is due to complete in July 2027.