Soho Estates owns these buildings on Old Compton Street and Bourchier Street, which are home to various businesses, including restaurants and flexible workspace. The buildings were built following bomb damage sustained in World War Two. Each has its own façade and character but behind these frontages the buildings have been joined together.  

The buildings are dated and have poor levels of accessibility. Renovating them provides an opportunity to modernise, bringing them up to today’s standards and creating high-quality flexible workspace.  

Our intention is that the emerging scheme will retain the current businesses with minimal disruption during construction. Balans intend to continue to operate throughout and current office tenants will have the opportunity to return once works have been completed.

The existing buildings on Bourchier Street include recessed frontages as well as rear servicing areas, mechanical plant and fire escapes. Our proposals include creating new office frontages on Bourchier Street and retaining back of house uses behind these new facades.