Project News Roundup: 28 April 2015

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27th April 2015

Thumbs up for giant £3.5bn Silvertown Quays scheme

Outline proposals for a new `innovation quarter' including 3,000 new homes within east London's Royal Docks were last night given the thumbs up by Newham Council.

Project ID: 15045516

Interserve wins £19m University of Edinburgh renov

Interserve has won a £19.1m contract to restore a listed building at the University of Edinburgh.

Project ID: 13243551

Mitsubishi unveils plans for 40-storey London tower

Mitsubishi Estate London will make an application to build an office-led, mixed-use tower at 6-8 Bishopsgate and 150 Leadenhall Street. The 40-storey tower would also feature retail units at ground and mezzanine levels and a public access viewing gallery on the top floor.

Project ID: 13347561

Planning approval for new sports hall opposite Mack

Burnet Bell has been given the go-ahead for a £6.5 million sports hall opposite Mackintosh’s Glasgow School of Art. The Glasgow-based firm’s scheme, which received more than 20 letters of objection, will sit next to Steven Holl’s Reid Building at the corner of Renfrew Street and Dalhousie Street.

Project ID: 14112978