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HAMMERSON IS TO SUBMIT A PLANNING application for a Foster & Partners-designed double-tower scheme on its Northgate site in Hackney within the next six months.
To the north of Broadgate, abutting Shoreditch High Street, 1.5m sq ft (139,353 sq m) of mixed-use development is proposed, extending the established northern boundary of the Square Mile.
Today, the Northgate site--owned by the London Borough of Hackney and on which Hammerson has the sole development option--is a mass of rubble and weeds. Hammerson acquired the front section of the T-shaped site as part of a Network Rail development portfolio in December 2002.
Hammerson's London group director Sven Topel will not divulge the details of the plans before the application is submitted, but Property Week can reveal that a Foster-designed cylindrical 32-storey office tower is planned for the front of the site. A further office building of 200,000 sq ft (18,580 sq…