The former headquarters of the Salvation Army in Elephant and Castle could be making way for a 23-storey, 325-bed hotel.
Developer Rockwell also wants to build 250,000 sq ft of flexible office space, 25,000 sq ft of affordable work space and a new public square on the site.
Drawn up by architects SimpsonHaugh, the proposals are subject to a public consultation, which ends on Sunday, August 7.
The site is currently occupied by a ten-storey office block built in the 1980s, which Rockwell bought in 2020.
Rockwell says the current building is “in poor condition… has low energy efficiency and is not suitable to meet the needs of today’s working standards”.
The developer says the new development will provide employment opportunities and “complement the existing and emerging skyline of Elephant and Castle”.
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The site is next to Metro Central Heights, a group of Grade II-listed buildings designed by modernist architect Erno Goldfinger in the 1960s.
Rockwell says the proposed buildings “step away” from the listed buildings and that their development’s facade design “takes cues” from Metro Central Heights.
The ground floor design also allows for a pedestrian walkway connecting Tiverton Street with Gaunt Street.
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A new publicly accessible open space is also planned which Rockwell says occupies approximately 50 per cent of the site.
The Salvation Army is establishing a new headquarters in Denmark Hill, which was granted planning permission in 2019 and should be completed by late 2023.
Rockwell’s most recently approved mixed-use hotel development is a 30-storey, 400-bedroom hotel on West India Dock Road, Tower Hamlets.
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