Buro Four is working for The Crown Estate on the Quadrant redevelopment at the southern end of Regent Street. Quadrant 1 is the redevelopment of the Café Royal block comprising three separate buildings, into a luxury 160-bedroom, 5* hotel and spa. The Grade II listed property is an Alrov Group scheme and occupies prime Regent Street frontage from Piccadilly Circus to Air Street. Comprising part demolition and new build, the redevelopment will feature the restoration of some of the historic rooms and existing façades. Buro Four is appointed as The Crown Estate Surveyor to monitor the Alrov Group redevelopment on behalf of The Crown Estate.
Quadrant 3 is the redevelopment of the Edwardian Grade II listed Regent Palace Hotel into an office-led mixed-use development. The new scheme will include 200,000 sq ft of office space, 22,000 sq ft of retail units, 35,000 sq ft of restaurant space and 13,000 sq ft of residential accommodation. A key feature of the project is the restoration and re-instatement of The Atlantic Bar and Grill and Titanic restaurants. Extensive public realm improvements are planned including the pedestrianisation of Glasshouse Street from Air Street to Piccadilly Circus. Buro Four was appointed as The Crown Estate Surveyor, responsible for monitoring the redevelopment by Stanhope and co-ordinating between Quadrants 1 and 3 during construction.
The Quadrant development will achieve a BREEAM Excellent rating and feature a hydrogen fuel cell in the Central Energy Centre (located in Quadrant 3) that provides heating, cooling and power to all the new Quadrant properties.
Buro Four has also worked on One Vine Street (Block W1 - a group of buildings being developed by City and West End on behalf of The Crown Estate. We were initially appointed to provide design planning and programming advice and appointed as Employers Agent to monitor the second stage main contract tender negotiations and administer the Design and Build Contract. The building contains 17,500 sq ft of retail space let entirely to a franchisee of National Geographic, 54,000 sq ft of offices over five floors and let to Matrix Group, Lloyds TSB Bank and Generation Investment Management, and seven duplex apartments.
Quadrant 1
Our involvement:
From January 2008
Start date:
March 2009
Completion:
March 2012
Gross Area:
244,000 sq ft
Client:
The Crown Estate
Hotel Developer:
Alrov Properties and Lodgings Ltd
Architect:
David Chipperfield Associates
| Quadrant 3 | |
| Our involvement: | From June 2007 |
| Start date: | February 2008 |
| Completion: | March 2012 |
| Gross Area: | 400,000 sq ft |
| Development Manager: | Stanhope |
| Architect: | Dixon Jones Architects |
| One Vine Street | |
| Our involvement: | From January 2005 |
| Area: |
17,500 sq ft retail |
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54,000 sq ft office |
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| Client: | The Crown Estate |
| Architect: | Allies & Morrison |
| Development Manager: | C&WE with Buro Four |
| Awards won: |
RICS 2009 London Region award for Sustainability Property Week Office Development Awards - Overall development of the year 2008 RIBA London Regional Award for best Commercial and Mixed Use building. RIBA National Award 2009 |

