25 Finsbury Circus

Building context

25 Finsbury Circus is the Grade II listed former 1–5 London Wall Buildings, overlooking Finsbury Circus Gardens near Liverpool Street. IJM’s published redevelopment plans retain and reconfigure the heritage property with a two-floor extension. The planned scheme provides 251,000 sq ft of net lettable area within 378,060 sq ft of gross internal area, across two basement levels, ground and eight upper floors.

Smart technology scope

Assessing a heritage building’s next technology brief

The owner’s proposed scheme includes advanced building systems, underfloor air distribution, heat pumps, energy-efficient lifts and LED lighting. These are design intentions for the redevelopment, rather than completed technology outcomes. For a building of this scale, technical assessment needs to establish the existing conditions, the proposed service requirements and the connections and responsibilities that a future smart-building solution would depend on.

Existing-system assessment and requirements for the redevelopment brief.
Coordination between the proposed smart-building service and building systems.
Clear scope and technical responses for the tender and client discussions.

Anand’s contribution

Anand delivered technical assessments and supported tender and client-engagement activity for the property through Smart Spaces Global Ltd. His contribution brought a smart-building perspective into the assessment and procurement conversation: understanding the building context and helping establish how the proposed solution could fit the developing requirements.

Technical assessment work for the property.
Smart-building input to the tender and client-engagement process.
Connecting assessment findings with the proposed technology approach.

Outcome and next milestone

Technical assessment to inform the redevelopment brief

The defining contribution was technical assessment and tender support for the building’s next stage. It provided a smart-building perspective for the developing brief and procurement discussions; the published redevelopment’s future systems and performance targets remain separate from this advisory milestone.

Project position · November 2026
Technical assessment and tender support; redevelopment technology outcomes planned

Building photography

Curved stone frontage of London Wall Buildings at 25 Finsbury Circus — The heritage frontage at 25 Finsbury Circus, photographed in March 2022, before the current redevelopment. Ethan Doyle White · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and converted to WebP. No content alterations.

Central entrance and upper windows of London Wall Buildings at Finsbury Circus — North elevation at 25 Finsbury Circus, photographed in November 2022, before the current redevelopment. Doyle of London · Original photograph · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and converted to WebP. No content alterations.

Sources and further reading

Building scale and published technology features describe the wider project. Anand’s contribution is set out separately above.

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