Scheme would be Elizabeth House developer’s first foray into sector
HB Reavis has appointed PLP to overhaul a six-storey office building in London and turn it into student accommodation.
The Slovakian-based developer behind JRA’s Bloom Clerkenwell office building in Farringdon is looking to revamp 10 Leake Street into new homes for students.
The developer said it would be its first foray into the sector, having last year completed its most recent development an office scheme called Worship Square, situated between Old Street and Shoreditch and designed by Make.
The building at 10 Leake Street is close to Waterloo train station with HB Reavis promising it will offer a mix of studios and shared accommodation.
The firm held its first public consultation on the plans last weekend with another event slated for tomorrow (Wednesday). A second round of consultation is due next month with proposals due to be sent in to Lambeth planners later in the summer.
Others working on the development include planning consultant DP9.
HB Reavis is the developer behind the planned makeover of the 1960s-built Elizabeth House, which is next door to Waterloo station.
It has been renamed One Waterloo and designed by AHMM with plans including 112,000 sq m of office space and close to 10,000 sq m of retail space.
AHMM’s proposals were first drawn up in 2018 after HB Reavis bought the site the year before with AHMM’s scheme, which replaced an earlier proposal by David Chipperfield, first given planning in October 2019.
But the scheme has been stalled since it was given final sign-off in 2021.
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