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Permalink Reply by John Whitehead on March 19, 2015 at 9:40

Bernard Morgan House is now being marketed with a guide price of £17.5 million and a suggestion that the site could offer 80,000 square feet of space if re-developed - 80% more than the current building mass and much higher.  High-end residential or commercial usage is suggested.

Oh dear.

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Permalink Reply by Chamberpot Bowell & Pond on March 21, 2015 at 20:21

Thank you Christine, although I notice your comments of a year-and-a-half ago have disappeared from this thread... spooky! But you're alright with me, whichever way you manifest yourself. And what greater friend could a City garden have than three big ducks?

I wonder how high they can go, if they knock down BM House and the Welsh Presbyterian and build new blocks in their place? Are we allowed to retain our sightlines to the Barbican, like the Queen and St Paul's?

Answers on a hod-carrier's brick through my window at seven in the morning, please.

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Permalink Reply by Peter Kenyon on March 29, 2015 at 9:08

Perhaps our elected representatives need to be challenged more forcibly about the loss of key worker accommodation and the need for much more housing for genuinely affordable rent in the City.

Christine Clifford said:

.....there is no hope of truly affordable housing......

 

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Permalink Reply by Iain Meek on April 8, 2015 at 13:27

I expect a 14 storey block of private flats would be even more profitable than a 14 storey office block.

John Whitehead said:

I doubt if the developers sniffing around the Welsh Church are planning affordable housing.   How about a 14 storey office block? This would also deliver the best price for the City of London Police site.

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