TfL bid to sell off landmark HQ as flats undermined by its own experts

摘要

Transport for London's plans to sell off its Grade I-listed headquarters as luxury flats has been undermined by an expert report it commissioned arguing that the building can be kept as offices. Last summer TfL said the landmark 1929 building over St James Park Tube station at 55 Broadway, designed by London Underground architect Charles Holden, was 'no longer fit for purpose as an efficient office building' and announced a design competition to convert it into flats. The contest saw the appointment of architect TateHindle last month to work up a scheme observers have estimated could net TfL more than £120 million.