Station Hill

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This is a new urban quarter within the heart of Reading next to the city's recently expanded railway station. The development will greatly expand the city's Grade A office capacity and retail offer whilst providing more than 300 new homes around a new arrangement of public routes and spaces. It will be very urban in both mix and feel, an entirely new neighbourhood carved out of a compact site instrumental in unlocking Reading's potential as a high-density urban centre. The overall masterplan has been granted outline planning permission and the first commercial building detailed consent.

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Aerial sketch

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Context

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Along the site's eastern edge will be a refurbished Station Square, which will better integrate the railway station into the surrounding urban fabric of Reading

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North of Garrard Street will be predominately office use with five flexible mid-rise buildings arranged around a new central space

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Concept sketch

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A covered arcade between two buildings will be accessible from Station Square with a lively mix of shops and cafes

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New urban street

City
Reading, UK
Use
Mixed
Client
Benson Elliot and Stanhope
Status
Current
Size
2.1 hectares
Units
300
Collaborators
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Structure: Waterman

Services: Hoare Lea

Landscape: Townshend Landscape Architects

Cost: Faithful & Gould, AECOM

Highways: Peter Brett Associates

Environment: Waterman

Strategic advisors: Savills, Strutt & Parker