Multiplex wins £400m Westminster development

Multiplex has been chosen as main contractor for a £400m development on the site of the old Metropolitan Police headquarters next to London’s St James’s Park tube station.The Broadway development in Westminster is a mixed-use development of 268 apartments, 142,000 sq ft of commercial and retail space, public realm and a new thoroughfare linking Victoria Street with St James’s Park tube stationDesigned by Squire + Partners, the scheme secured planning consent in 2016. Multiplex has been selected by developer Northacre following a nine-month single-stage competitive tender process.Northacre is aacting as developer for BL Development Limited, an investment vehicle controlled by Abu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG) of the United Arab Emirates. ADFG acquired New Scotland Yard from the Mayor of London’s Office for Policing and Crime in December 2014 for £370m.The development will provide views of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the London Eye, St James’s Park, Horse Guards Parade and Green Park. The former tower block on the site has already been demolished and piling for the new development has just completed. Multiplex is set to take possession of the site in January 2019 and the project is scheduled for completion in December 2021.