Paddington Basin
The redevelopment of Paddington Basin creates over 2 million sq ft of
offices, homes, shops and leisure facilities. European Land and Property has already completed The Point, designed by Terry
Farrell and Partners and Waterside, designed by Richard Rogers
Partnership, home to the new Marks and Spencer headquarters. Paddington
Walk, located on the former Hermitage Street and designed by Munkenbeck
& Marshall, is European Land's first residential
scheme at Paddington Basin. Completed in August 2005 the building
provides 232 new homes, including 79 affordable homes which have been
delivered to the Peabody Trust.
At the eastern end of the Basin, exciting plans have been approved by Westminster City Council for a mixed use scheme called Merchant Square.
This replaces the Grand Union and Winding buildings that were previously
consented. The proposed scheme consists of 6 architecturally diverse
buildings, a total of 1.8 million sq ft of office, residential and
retail including 559 residential units of which 30% are social housing.
The Merchant Square master plan, developed by The Kalyvides Partnership
is the final piece in the Paddington Basin redevelopment.
Merchant Square will be set within a high quality public realm with a
major new canal side square as its focal point as well as providing new
shops and restaurants for nearby residents and the local community.
The new infrastructure around the Basin is largely complete. Three new
bridges, designed by artists working with engineers, are now open to the
public. Towpaths and temporary boardwalks allow pedestrian
access to the majority of the perimeter of the Basin.
Paddington Basin will soon become a hive of activity on the water. A
series of permanently moored business and retail barges will bring
commercial activity to the waterspace. This will complement the
extensive visitor mooring facilities along with hire and trip boat
locations. Working in partnership with British Waterways, European Land will help to ensure that the comprehensive
waterspace strategy becomes a reality, making the Basin a key hub of the
London waterways network.
Work has commenced on buildings D and E at Merchant Square. The head of the basin will be drained for construction for approximately six months from 14 January 2008. For information about changes to towpath and pedestrian access during the construction of Merchant Square, please visit www.merchantsquare.co.uk/current
www.merchantsquare.co.uk
www.paddingtonwalk.com
www.peabody.org.uk
 
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