Orms-designed proposals to redevelop an inter-war office building that fronts both Soho Square and Dean Street are being recommended for approval by Westminster City Council planning officers.

The practice’s designs would deliver a new building with 8,269sq m of floorspace, a boost of around 15% on the current structure. It would also deliver three levels of roof terraces and a new pedestrian route between Dean Street and Soho Square. The scheme is targeting a BREEAM “outstanding” rating.

Orms’ proposals for the eight-storey-plus-basement building were drawn up for US property firm Hines, which owns the current structure. It houses a Tesco supermarket on Dean Street in a section that was reclad in the 1990s.

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