{"id":8962,"date":"2025-11-10T10:46:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=8962"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T10:46:20","slug":"green-light-for-gpes-latest-london-hq-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/green-light-for-gpes-latest-london-hq-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Green light for GPE\u2019s latest London HQ project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"69\" data-end=\"226\">London developer Great Portland Estates has won planning for a major refurbishment of Whittington House, yo create 74,500 sq ft of premium HQ workspace in the West End.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"476\">Camden Council has resolved to grant consent for the eight-storey revamp, which will retain the Richard Seifert &amp; Partners design while adding sustainable features, a rooftop terrace and a new pavilion overlooking the pedestrianised Alfred Place.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"731\">The project, due for completion in early 2027, will form part of GPE\u2019s growing cluster of Grade A space around Tottenham Court Road \u2014 alongside the Gable Building, Courtyard Building and existing Alfred Place holdings \u2014 totalling around 220,000 sq ft.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"478\" data-end=\"731\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"501391\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ivorking.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\/Construction Enquirer IK Advert V4.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"1073\">Trevor Phyo, senior development manager at GPE, said: \u201cSecuring planning permission from Camden Council marks a significant milestone for this project. We&#8217;re proud to be breathing new life into this building, recognising its architectural heritage, and transforming it into a standout workplace that reflects the future of office design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"1073\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"124439\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hudsoncontract.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\/hudson oct.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"1073\">\n<div class=\"ad-mpu ad-mpu-inline\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\"><a data-ad-id=\"479429\" href=\"http:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/constructionenquirer\/adclick.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.vpgroundforce.com%2Fgb%2Fyoursolution%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\/groundforceCE MPU 300 x 250.gif\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"733\" data-end=\"1073\">\n<p>from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/VUB0rR3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London developer Great Portland Estates has won planning for a major refurbishment of Whittington House, yo create 74,500 sq ft of premium HQ workspace in the West End. Camden Council has resolved to grant consent for the eight-storey revamp, which will retain the Richard Seifert &amp; Partners design while adding sustainable features, a rooftop terrace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-8962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction-enquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8963,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8962\/revisions\/8963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}