PLP Architecture-designed proposals to demolish a 1950s office building on the City of London’s eastern fringe for replacement with a new 13-storey structure are being recommended for approval by Square Mile planners.

The practice’s designs for 30-33 Minories and the neighbouring Writers House would deliver 23,603sq m of new office space on the site, a doubling of the current quantity. Ground-floor uses at the new building would include retail, food and beverage options.

Some of the new office space being delivered as part of the project for German developer Patrizia would be at the three-storey Writers House building. However, under the proposals, the ground floor of that refurbished building would include a “cultural/community facility”.

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