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26/03/2008

Central St Giles Scheme Designs Unveiled

Designs for the Central St Giles scheme in London's Tottenham Court area have been unveiled.

Designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, the 500,000 sq ft mixed-use scheme, comprises 393,000 sq ft of offices, 109 apartments in two residential towers,50% of which will be affordable, ground floor retail space and two public squares.
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Developed by Legal & General and the Mitsubishi Estate Company, overall the scheme will consist of three buildings with 13 irregularly orientated, individually coloured ceramic & glass facades while 27% of the site's area is dedicated to open space .

Bovis Lend Lease is the main contractor, Stanhope the development manager and Bovis the construction manager.

The work is due for completion by the end of 2009.

(CD/JM)

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