Islington Square

Built

Leonardo Saccucci

The former Royal Mail sorting office, Islington Square provides 260 apartments, 108 Serviced Apartments, a public boulevard, arcades, shops, cafés, restaurant, cinema, theatre, health club and offices

NEW LONDON AWARDS 2021

Winner in the MIXING category and shortlisted in the WELCOMING category
Islington Square is the re-purpose of the former Royal Mail sorting office behind Upper Street, consisting of four elaborately embellished classical Edwardian red brick buildings. The mixed-used scheme was planned as a place to live and a destination, providing 260 mixed tenure homes (from studios, maisonettes to penthouses, and 36% affordable housing), 108 serviced apartments and 15,800 sqm of diverse retail, commercial and leisure services, including a subterranean six-screen cinema, luxury health club, independent restaurants, cafes, concept stores and theatre spaces.

Project information

Status

Built

Borough

Islington

Size

18200 sq m

Estimated completion

August 2020

Location

116f Upper St, London N1 1QP, UK

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