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A great finish at Wembley B


The award-winning new development in Wembley, Chesterfield House, has now been completed – bringing new public realm as well as regeneration to a neglected part of the locality. Damien Sharkey, managing director of Hub Group, explains the project’s features to Jack Wooler


ringing 239 new homes to Wembley, North London, Chesterfield House and the new public square it has been developed around are intended to form the basis for a new neighbourhood regeneration in the area.


Led by developer Hub Group and designed by architects Maccreanor Lavington, the build to rent project includes two buildings of 21 and 26 storeys, connected by a seven-storey volume. With the site previously occupied by a “rather unloved” office building, since the project’s inception Hub has worked closely with locals to secure “the best outcome for everyone” says the developer. This means “not only providing a new asset and a new community centre for the area, but replacing the old building with something architecturally superb” that will kick-start quality housing across the


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