56 Ayres Street, London

Cogent were appointed as Project Manager and Employer’s Agent in connection with a Category A+ fit out of 3 floors of 56 Ayres Street. In addition to the office space, the project included reconfiguring the WCs / showers at first floor level.

For further information please contact Charlie Brock.

Devonshire Square, London

Devonshire Square comprises 12 buildings, with a total floor area of 628,772 sq ft. The East India Trading Company purchased part of the Estate in the mid-18th century and developed the Victorian warehouse accommodation. The site was sold to the Port of London Authority in the 20th century and continued to be used as conventional warehouse accommodation until it was sold again in 1978.

Cogent were initially engaged to provide technical due-diligence advice in advance of the Estate being acquired by Nuveen Real Estate in 2018. Since then, Cogent have been involved in a series of fascinating projects together with providing building surveying related services. Some of the recent projects include:

– 9a and Bengal Wing. Category A fit out works across 17,000 sq ft of Grade II office space. The works included reconfiguring the WC cores across all floors. A complex services strategy was considered given the property’s listed status and limited external space. Cogent acted as Employer’s Agent and Project Manager.

– Building 9. Category A fit out works across 60,000 sq ft of office accommodation. Works included new services throughout and remodeling the main reception. Cogent acted as Employer’s Agent and Project Manager.

– Sir Devonshire Square. A new 81-bedroom boutique hotel, which is being delivered for 4Q2024. Cogent are monitoring on behalf of the Landlord.

– Building 6. Planning permission has been secured to extend Building 6 vertically together with new public realm improvements, including a new accessible route from the Building 6 courtyard to Middlesex Street.

– Building 7. A comprehensive development project to re-position the 1980s aesthetic by extending vertically and laterally to provide 20,000 sq ft of additional office accommodation. All floors benefit from their own terraces together with a communal roof terrace at level 9. The project has achieved BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ and a NABERS 5 star rating (one of only 3 refurbishment projects to achieve more than a 5 star rating when registered).

– Landscaping. Cogent managed extensive remodeling works of the public realm to create new external courtyard spaces. The works included new wayfinding, artwork and external seating.

For further information please contact Charlie Brock or Chris Jackson.

Fortess Works, Fortess Grove, Kentish Town, London

Cogent were appointed as Project Manager and Employer’s Agent for the conversion of two interlinked industrial units, formerly used as a car workshop, into modern office accommodation. The development works created 31,000 sq ft of high quality Category A office space in two distinct buildings, both over three storeys. The project required extensive structural modifications to the original industrial units as well as vertical extensions, all within a very constrained site in a residential area of Kentish Town.

For further information please contact Richard Andrews or Daniel Watson.

Savoy Hill House, Savoy Hill, London

Cogent were appointed by the IET to deliver a Category A+ fit out across three floors of Savoy Hill House. In addition to the office space, the reception and end of journey facilities were refurbished as well modifications to the MEPH services to improve the EPC rating and energy efficiency of the building.

For further information please contact Lee Turrell.

The Sans, St John’s Square, London

Cogent were appointed as Project Manager and Employer’s Agent for the comprehensive refurbishment of this 1960s office building, situated immediately adjacent to Grade I Listed St John’s Gate. The works included replacement of the top storey, two lateral extensions and a comprehensive internal Cat A fit out with all new MEPH services and new lifts within a new lift core. The works transformed the building to provide modern office accommodation to a high specification.

For further information please contact Richard Andrews.

The Skipper Building 83 Clerkenwell Road, London

Cogent acted as Project Manager and Employer’s Agent in connection with the redevelopment of four amalgamated buildings constructed it the late 1800s in the Hatton Garden Conservation Area. The brief was to ‘re-position’ 83 Clerkenwell Road and create additional net internal area by extending the building both laterally and vertically. The development works were designed to provide modern office environment, a stylish arrival experience, excellent occupier amenities and sustainable features throughout. The development works secured a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ rating.

For further information please contact Charlie Brock.

The Steward Building, 12 Steward Street, London

Cogent were appointed as Project Manager and Employer’s Agent for the development of a new build office in Spitalfields. The Steward Building provides 48,249 sq ft of net office space arranged over six upper floors and is clad with a contemporary Peterson brick façade. Internally, the offices are finished to the highest standard with clean, contemporary space and open terraces on the upper floors offering fantastic views over the streets below. The BREEAM ‘Excellent’ project includes chilled beam air conditioning, Dinesen timber flooring and floor to ceiling glazing.*

*Project undertaken whilst at GVA.

For further information please contact Jon Knowles.

2 Savoy Place

Complete refurbishment of the IET’s headquarters building fronting the Thames, adjacent the Savoy Hotel. Works included infilling existing lightwell to create a new 175 seat lecture theatre and forming two new 21 person lift cores together with new roof terrace.

*Project undertaken whilst at GVA

For further information please contact Charlie Brock.

Bermondsey Square, London

Cogent were instructed to manage a complex project involving the replacement of combustible material to the external envelope of this mixed-use development in Bermondsey Square, London. The building is situated within a Conservation Area and remained in occupation throughout the works. The project team were also involved in submitting an application to the Building Safety Fund.

 

As part of a separate building contract, Cogent managed several office fit outs of the office suites and refurbishment of the reception.

 

For further information please contact Charlie Brock or Chris Jackson

Davidson Building

Cogent were appointed by Barings to deliver a series of projects at The Davidson Building, Southampton Street, situated immediately south of Covent Garden.  The central plant was at the end of its service life and was replaced with energy efficient equipment, reducing the building’s energy consumption and improving the EPC rating to an ‘A’.  Cogent were retained to manage a comprehensive refurbishment of the building’s reception,  together with new end of journey facilities within the lower ground floor and a Cat A+ fit out of the 2nd floor office accommodation.   Finally, we were appointed to manage the creation of new retail shell space at ground and lower ground floor levels in connection with a new lease with Marks & Spencer.

For further information please contact Richard Andrews MRICS