Arch Company launches Bethnal Green industrial space
The Arch Company has completed a project to turn a run of railway arches in Bethnal Green into commercial premises for light industrial use.
The company, formed when Blackstone Property Partners and Telereal Trillium bought more than 5,000 railway arches from Network Rail, worked with architectural firm Stephen George + Partners to transform six railway arches on Witan Street, E2, as part of its wider £200m Project 1000 scheme.
Project 1000 aims to rejuvenate 1,000 empty or derelict spaces across England and Wales by 2030.
The Arch Company has completed a project to turn a run of railway arches in Bethnal Green into commercial premises for light industrial use.
The company, formed when Blackstone Property Partners and Telereal Trillium bought more than 5,000 railway arches from Network Rail, worked with architectural firm Stephen George + Partners to transform six railway arches on Witan Street, E2, as part of its wider £200m Project 1000 scheme.
Project 1000 aims to rejuvenate 1,000 empty or derelict spaces across England and Wales by 2030.
The arches span 3,970 sq ft of space. According to an earlier planning application, they were previously used by a scrap metal company.
Dave O’Sullivan, senior project manager at the Arch Company, said: “Demand for our spaces in Bethnal Green is high and the arches there play host to a range of different businesses, each serving an important role with the local and wider London economy.”
The company has 10 more projects in the works with SGP, including redeveloping disused railway arches on America Street, Southwark, into restaurants, cafés and bars.
SGP studio director Alan Soper added: “Urban industrial property can play a vital part in local economies, yet good-sized, modern industrial space close to central London is often difficult to find.”
Photo © The Arch Company
