Lucent, London, Piccadilly

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Project at a glance

144,000

square feet

30,000

square feet of retail space

outdoor terraces

£140m

Value

The Lucent building behind the iconic Piccadilly Lights at Piccadilly Circus transforms a long-underused space into a landmark building at the heart of the West End.

The apparently unusable area behind the lights has been turned into flexible workspace, commercial offices, shops and apartments, and a top floor destination restaurant complete with a sky garden terrace.

OUR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES

We achieved all this while keeping the Piccadilly Lights and pre-existing Boots retail store fully operational. This high-profile development delivers a new seven-story mixed-use building with two basement levels, comprising approximately 110,000 sq. ft of commercial office space completed to a CAT A finish, 30,000 sq. ft of retail space and seven new residential units.

Literally built around nature, with a full-sized tree in the central atrium, sustainability is at the core of Lucent’s design, construction, and day-to-day operation. The development has achieved a BREEAM Outstanding Certification and a ‘Gold’ WELL Building Standard.

Long-term partners

Wates and Landsec are long-term partners, having delivered 10, 20 and 30 Eastbourne Terrace and Wellington House. This excellent collaborative relationship has been vital to ensuring a high-quality finish and continual operation of the Piccadilly lights.