Green light for major City of London student scheme

Student accommodation specialist Urbanest has secured planning permission for a £200m mixed-used development in the heart of the City of London.The Vine street scheme in EC3 will create 643 new student homes alongside affordable offices and innovation space for King’s College London.A new exhibition space, offering public access to a preserved section of London’s original Roman wall, has also been created in partnership with the Museum of London, alongside 75,000 sq ft of commercial offices and 10,000 sq ft of incubator space for start-ups.As part of the redevelopment, significant new public space will be created on Jewry Street with a new east-west pedestrian route, enabling pedestrians to cut through the site whilst having a view into the exhibition space.