ISG awarded £59M Old Bailey scheme

ISG has been awarded a £59M office refurbishment scheme in London’s Old Bailey by global asset manager, Blackstone.

The two companies will also be working together to deliver office projects at Adelphi Building and One American Square.

20 Old Bailey, situated opposite the famous criminal courts, is a 1980’s era building that will undergo a modernisation and upgrade programme. This will involve extensive structural alterations and internal remodelling, renewal of the frontal elevation and the addition of two further floors at roof level.

The building’s façade will see ISG create a contemporary new elevation that will aesthetically fit within its surroundings, with stone, aluminium and glazed architectural treatments. Major structural work includes column strengthening to allow the extension of additional floors at roof level.

A substantial range of remodelling works will see ISG create a new, full height, rectangular atrium near to the front of the building that will extend downwards to ground floor level to ensure the maximum amount of natural light can enter the revamped building.

To create additional capacity at the sixth, seventh and eighth floors, ISG will extend these stepped back floor plates in line with the new façade. A new main core will be relocated and created, infilling two existing cores, a staircase and service risers to create more spacious open floor plates at all levels.

The steel frame roof extension will be stepped back from the main façade and incorporate balcony structures across the two new levels. The project will also see the remodelling of three existing basement floors to create cycle storage, changing, shower and locker facilities.

Stuart Deverill, ISG’s Southern Regional Managing Director, said: “Blackstone has an enviable pedigree for acquiring underperforming property assets in prime London locations and re-positioning the space to create highly-desirable commercial office space.

“This highly specialised and logistically complex project plays to our significant strengths delivering central London heavy office refurbishment schemes and underlines our commitment to forging strong relationships and working in partnership with our existing customer base.”

Once finished, the building will provide around 240,000sq ft of high-spec Cat A office space.

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