Redd, the London-Monaco luxury property company, has received planning permission from Westminster City Council for what it is calling Mayfair’s first ‘Covid-19 compliant’ mixed-use development at 82 Mount Street.
This £40 mln (€45 mln) 10,000 ft2 (929 m2) scheme with a £40 mln gross development value comprises ground-floor retail, lower ground floor offices and five upper floors with apartments and a penthouse.
According to the firm, the project includes pre-programmed contactless lifts, air filtration systems, 'Covid-killing' copper finishes, workstations and a special, 'set-back' concierge to allow for social distancing. Redd said that the specifications were seeking to anticipate a potential 'future shift in UK planning' which might include pandemic risk.
In addition, Redd are looking at contactless fobs and voice recognition systems to provide apartment owners with access to both the main entrance to the development and their private apartments.
The firm said: 'Given that days working from home are going to become standard for all, the new apartments at 82 Mount Street are also being designed to provide proper professional facilities for working from home, not just a novelty study space.'
The property currently comprises a freehold end-of-terrace Victorian mansion building, located on the corner of Mount Street and Balfour Place. Construction work to redevelop the property into the new mixed-use scheme will start in Autumn 2020 with build completion scheduled for late 2021.
Russell Smithers, managing director of Redd in London said: '82 Mount Street is Redd’s first multi-unit boutique residential scheme in London and the first ‘Covid compliant’ development to get planning consent in Mayfair since the UK lockdown ended, so we anticipate a lot of interest in the project.'
With development management by Redd, the project’s professional team includes architectural practice Formation Architects, Savills, advising on planning and heritage, plus interiors by Leo Bertacchini of 1508 London.
