Bankside Yards

Nestled along London’s historic South Bank, between Tate Modern and Blackfriars Station, Bankside Yards is a visionary 5.5-acre mixed-use development that reimagines and redefies the city’s industrial heritage as a modern, sustainable riverside quarter.

Designed as the United Kingdom’s first major fossil-fuel-free mixed-use estate, Bankside Yards seeks to blend residential, commercial, cultural and public-realm spaces, breathing new life to the 14 railway arches that run through the site and creating a vibrant, future-facing urban community. 

Central to the appeal of Bankside Yards is its commitment to sustainability. All eight buildings in the masterplan will be fully electric and powered by renewable energy. The estate features a cutting-edge 5th-generation energy sharing network, supported by air-source heat pumps, optimised façades, efficient ventilation and heat-recovery systems; a configuration designed to deliver net-zero carbon emissions in operation. This positions Bankside Yards as a benchmark for future urban regeneration efforts in London and beyond.

Bankside Yards has progressed significantly since 2024. The fist building to complete was Arbor, which offers 222,252 square feet of flexible, contemporary workspace over 19 storeys. Arbor has become a sought-after address for businesses, with over 75% of its space leased and to firms such as Merlin Entertainments, which expanded its footprint in late 2024, a testament to confidence in the quality and appeal of this pioneering workspace.

Building on this momentum, in Spring 2025 the first residential tower, Opus, launched to market. Rising 50 storeys and 170 metres above the Thames, Opus features 249 premium apartments which range from studios to four-bedroom homes with design excellence and sweeping panoramic views over London.

Opus’s rich suite of amenities includes recreational, wellness, and lifestyle facilities and underscores the prestigious development’s ambition to deliver a new standard of urban living.

Construction reached a major milestone on 15 September 2025, when Opus officially “topped out,” signalling the emergence of a new residential landmark in central London. The residential launch of Opus has drawn robust interest from both domestic and international buyers, demonstrating confidence in Bankside Yards’ unique value proposition as a sustainable, design-forward riverside community. Opus was also named in The London Magazine’s “Most Wanted in 2025,” reinforcing its appeal in the prime-residential market.

With Opus progressing well under development and Arbor being operational, Bankside Yards has successfully transitioned from blueprint to a living and vibrant neighbourhood, signalling the first tangible manifestation of a long-term vision.

Bankside Yards is more than just homes and office as it is being shaped into a thriving, bustling and vibrant neighbourhood. The 14 historic railway arches will be reactivated to host curated retail, leisure, dining and cultural venues, creating an atmospheric and characterful public realm.  Once completed, the development will open approximately 3.3 acres of landscaped public space along the South Bank, offering Londoners and visitors a seamlessly integrated environment of work, living, culture and leisure. Moreover, recognition from influential media underscores the standing of Bankside Yards: in 2025, the project was featured in Financial Times’s “How to Spend It Property Hot List,” drawing comparisons with flagship international mixed-use developments and highlighting Bankside Yards as London’s answer to global urban benchmarks.

Looking ahead, the full realisation of the masterplan includes additional residential buildings, a 5-star hotel and branded residences by Mandarin Oriental, further office blocks, and a thriving public-realm ecosystem spanning retail, leisure and culture; proposing to deliver not just real estate, but a lasting legacy; the reinvention of a once-underutilised industrial corridor into a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable urban neighbourhood. Bankside Yards is a defining chapter in London’s urban evolution, a riverside community where architectural heritage, environmental stewardship, modern design and human-centric living converge.

Paddington Square

Meanwhile, in the heart of Paddington, our landmark development Paddington Square has progressed from ambition toward reality, establishing itself as a dynamic, modern urban quarter that redefies what it means to live, work and connect in central London.

Located adjacent to the iconic Paddington Station, Paddington Square delivers seamless transport connectivity and a thoughtfully designed environment that integrates office space, retail, dining, public realm and cultural-oriented spaces.

At the centre of the development stands the striking mixed-use building conceived by the world-renowned Renzo Piano Building Workshop. This architectural landmark with its crystalline facade and sculptural presence houses premium office space across 14 floors and approximately 350,000 square feet of Grade A workspace that forms the backbone of a wider mixed-use scheme of over 430,000 square feet of development space.

As of 2025, Paddington Square has reached practical completion. One of the defining features of Paddington Square is its new public piazza, a 1.35-acre landscaped square that reconnects the station with the surrounding urban fabric, featuring green and open space, while providing a public realm that invites people to linger, meet and enjoy.

Accompanying the piazza is a pioneering public art programme where internationally renowned artists such as Ugo Rondinone, Pae White and Catherine Yass have contributed permanent art installations, the first of their kind in Paddington, creating a rich cultural layer that elevates the space beyond retail and office.

Meanwhile, the public-realm, retail and hospitality offerings have begun to take shape. Around the piazza and along prime pedestrian routes, a diverse mix of retail shops, cafés, restaurants and leisure venues have opened, providing both convenience and lifestyle choices for office workers, residents, commuters and visitors alike.

An iconic rooftop restaurant and bar operated by Cé La Vi is open across the 17th and 18th floors, offering panoramic views over London, including vistas toward Hyde Park and beyond. This crowns the building’s skyline presence and adds a premium leisure amenity to the development.

In parallel, the office component rapidly attracted interest.  As of late 2025, all of the space is fully leased, reflecting strong demand for high-quality, well-connected, centrally located offices.  To complement workspaces and retail, Paddington Square also incorporates dedicated wellness and amenity facilities, for example, a high-spec fitness studio is on site, providing tenants and workers with flexible access to health, fitness and wellbeing services.

From a community and cultural standpoint, the combination of public art, open piazza, retail, dining and hospitality ensures that Paddington Square is more than a transit-oriented office complex, it is evolving into a lively, inclusive, mixed-use urban quarter that serves a broad community be it commuters heading through the station, or office workers, shoppers, residents, and visitors seeking leisure or social experiences.

Today, Paddington Square stands as a leading example of urban regeneration, blending architectural ambition, infrastructure, public realm, commercial viability and cultural activation while repositioning Paddington as a prime destination for work, transit, culture and leisure.

It has also been shortlisted for the 2026 London Awards by the Royal Institute of British Architects, reflecting its architectural clarity, high-quality public realm and integration with Paddington Station. The final results have yet to be announced at the time of this report.

As we look to the future, growth and stabilisation of the rooftop restaurant, further activation of retail and leisure units, 5 yearly rent reviews for the office space, and continued public-art programming will further anchor Paddington Square as a flagship district in West London. Paddington Square is not just a development. It is a statement of what 21st-century mixed-use, transit-integrated, culturally enriched urban living can and should be.

Singapore

With Provisional Permission secured in 2023, the redevelopment of the Forum, voco Orchard Singapore and HPL House has moved into further planning and coordination phases.

Envisioned as a mixed-use landmark combining hospitality, retail, office and residential elements, the project is set to transform this section of Orchard Road into a lively and iconic new precinct when fully developed.