Hopkins Architects has secured Westminster City Council’s backing for the office-led redevelopment of a prominent corner site on Edgware Road.

Its proposals for Portman Estate will see the demolition of existing buildings to the south of the thoroughfare’s junction with George Street, as well as a garage block, for replacement with a seven-storey office building with space for retail and food uses at the ground floor.

Corner building Bernard House is currently vacant at the ground floor and has flats above. Garfield House, to its south, has a Tesco supermarket at the ground floor and office space above.

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