Wells House

Date posted 5-06-2025

Shaping the Future of Oxford Street: Shops, Offices and a Basement Club at Wells House

Right in the heart of London’s iconic Oxford Street, @Wates is transforming Wells House into a vibrant new commercial hub — a bold blend of retail, office space, and a basement nightclub.

Heading the development for Wates is project director @Jack Nesbitt, his challenge being to deliver around 2,500 square metres of prime retail space, 7,500 square metres of office space with bike storage, showers and changing rooms, plus a basement nightclub where there is little room to play with as the layout of the plant areas, would normally have been in the basement space.

“After some design gymnastics,” says Jack ,” we settled on air-handling units on each floor, maintaining the existing UK Power Networks substation in the Wells Street pavement vaults and providing a new substation for the development,”

The build is impressive with almost 5,500 cubic metres of concrete has been used to form the basement structure and core, with 900 tonnes of structural steel composing the frame. From ground-floor level, the slabs are metal-decking and reinforced concrete composite.

“To help, the team has brought in specialist logistics company @MadiganGill to manage deliveries to and from the site. It’s no mean feat in this part of central London, which even on a weekday in January is exceptionally busy with both vehicle and pedestrian traffic. They have been incredibly important to the work we are doing here,” says Nesbitt. “We have worked with MadiganGill in the past and they make sure everything we need is brought to site safely and on time.”

@Dermot Gill, Group Director at MadiganGill, adds: “It’s fantastic to see our team recognised on such a high-profile project. From traffic control to waste management, we’re proud to support Wates at Wells House.”

This is more than just a construction site - it’s a reinvention of space, right in the beating heart of London.

To read the full article featured in Construction News… please visit>>