{"id":7470,"date":"2025-08-29T07:46:45","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7470"},"modified":"2025-08-29T07:46:45","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T07:46:45","slug":"john-f-hunt-starts-work-on-150m-west-end-office-revamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/john-f-hunt-starts-work-on-150m-west-end-office-revamp\/","title":{"rendered":"John F Hunt starts work on \u00a3150m West End office revamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John F Hunt has landed the deal to kick-start work on a \u00a3150m plan to overhaul the 125 Shaftesbury Avenue building in Central London.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Enquirer<\/em> understands the specialist has now started on a six-month contract to \u00a0strip-out and declad the entire structure.<\/p>\n<p>Developers Edge and Mitsubishi Estate secured planning earlier this year to transform a 1980s block into 250,000 sq ft of workspace with a new-look entrance on Charing Cross Road and rooftop terraces.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"478038\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creaghconcrete.co.uk%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/CE_Creagh.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"756\">The project, known as EDGE Shaftesbury, will retain around 75% of the existing structure to cut embodied carbon and is targeting BREEAM Excellent as part of Edge\u2019s push for sustainable design.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"756\">The project will increase the building\u2019s height from 11 to 13 floors.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"564\" data-end=\"756\">A main contractor for the job is due to be announced shortly with the race now understood to be down to Bovis and Sir Robert McAlpine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"498213\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ardenttide.co.uk%2Fcw%2FArticle-Seamless-Transition.html%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/atl-300-250.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"163817\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.constructionenquirer.com%2Fdirectory%2F%3Futm_source%3Dconstruction-enquirer%26utm_medium%3Dbanner%26utm_campaign%3Dconstructionenq-ads\" target=\"_blank\" onclick=\"track_ad_click(this);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/enquirer_directory_mpu.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/SfbdEtV<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John F Hunt has landed the deal to kick-start work on a \u00a3150m plan to overhaul the 125 Shaftesbury Avenue building in Central London. The Enquirer understands the specialist has now started on a six-month contract to \u00a0strip-out and declad the entire structure. 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