After shelving its £540 million proposed relocation last year, News International's plans to redevelop its Wapping HQ in East London have now been approved by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
The redevelopment by Amanda Levete Architects is to incorporate a 1 million sq ft campus-style scheme with 924,000 sq ft of offices, as well as involving the remodeling of the Print Works and the adjoining grade II-listed Rum Warehouse building.
The plans had been placed in doubt after London Mayor Boris Johnson said in June the proposals did not comply with the London Plan. He said they needed to be altered in terms of biodiversity, climate change and transport.
It is at present not known when News International, advised by DP9, will put these plans into action, and it is expected that any works will coincide with the economic recovery.
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