Ryder tables plans to transform grade II-listed office on Bank Junction into budget hotel

Ryder Princes Street 4

Scheme for West End developer Asif Aziz to feature windowless rooms called ‘Cocoons’

Ryder Architecture has submitted plans to transform a grade II-listed office next to the Bank of England into a budget hotel containing windowless rooms.

The practice is working for billionaire property tycoon Asif Aziz on the scheme at 1 Prince’s Street, a prominent corner block on Bank Junction in the heart of the City of London which was formerly the home of the National Westminster Bank, one of the precursors to NatWest.

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