Stuart Hatton on Wapping Wharf North proposals

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00:00 (upbeat music)

00:02 - Wapping Wharf had a master plan,

00:04 which was agreed back in 2007.

00:06 And the North plot was always going

00:08 to have development upon it.

00:09 The whole idea is that we want to try

00:11 and build upon where we've started.

00:13 Build on the community and make it even better.

00:15 One of the great advantages of the North plot

00:17 is that 30% of the footprint of the plot

00:20 will be handed over to public open space.

00:22 We went out to consultation in the summer last year.

00:25 So we've consulted with virtually every single tenant

00:28 that's down here.

00:29 We listened to the concerns that people had

00:31 about the height of the buildings

00:32 overlooking the M Shed and the Harbor.

00:34 And the biggest change we've made

00:36 is that we've reduced the first building

00:38 overlooking Museum Square by two stories.

00:40 But what we have introduced

00:42 is a rooftop restaurant on level six.

00:45 And we've already had discussions

00:47 with one of our existing tenants

00:49 who are keen to take that space.

00:50 We had some ideas for the cargo hall,

00:52 which was going to be a food hall, market hall.

00:54 I'm the first to put my hands up and say,

00:56 no, we didn't get that right.

00:57 We hadn't retained the essence of cargo.

00:59 It wasn't achieving what I wanted it to achieve.

01:02 I want it to be a really wonderful indoor market.

01:06 We've got rid of the rigid layout

01:08 and we've introduced lots of elements

01:10 of shipping containers.

01:11 All of the great things that people love

01:12 about Cargo One and Cargo Two,

01:14 we've tried to take those

01:16 and replicate them in the new building.

01:18 [Music]