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options on all sides of the building. A new road,
Park Lane, was also created with wide boulevards
to provide pedestrian access to the building. There
was an existing low rise office development on
site that was demolished to make way for the new
building, and as services were already in place the
site itself did not present any challenges.
Brief
The brief to the design team was to create a
building with office space that was highly flex-
ible; accommodating tenants with varying space
requirements. During the initial development
process, 1 Park Lane’s anchor tenant, Bidvest
Bank, were intensively consulted on their require-
ments and, consequently, floor plates from
reception to the 4th floor were developed to suit
the bank’s specific requirements. The building
was designed without an underground basement
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GROUND FLOOR
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