Plans to replace a 1980s Chapman Taylor-designed office building in the City of London with a 21-storey development featuring student housing and a new museum dedicated to migration are set for approval.

The proposals, drawn up by 3XN Architects for developer Dominus, would replace the current five-storey Friary Court building, in Crutched Friars, near Fenchurch Street Station, with a structure boasting almost four times as much floorspace.

Under the latest incarnation of the scheme, a total of 770 student rooms would be delivered on the development’s upper floors with the building’s ground, first and second floors hosting the Migration Museum.

…