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21 Station Road, Watford

Major mixed use project is a catalyst for the next phase of Watford Junction’s regeneration  delivering  high quality office space as part of the ‘flight to quaity’  office market - offering not just exceptional workplaces, but homes that support a truly integrated live-work lifestyle,  as well as, retail and commercial leisure space with associated social and green infrastructure.

Location: Watford

Client: Amalgamated Properties Ltd.

Sector: Residential, Hotel, Offices

Strategic Planning Advice: Lord Deben - Sancroft

Advisor: Farebrother

Cost Consulting: Quantem

Rights of Light/Daylighting: Gordon Ingram Associates

 

The scheme embraces a contemporary, mixed-use approach, moving beyond outdated, single-use planning models to reflect how cities function today. At ground level, open and publicly accessible spaces to  activate the site, creating a welcoming, connected destination from day one.

A tall, elegant tower marks the site’s importance, designed to complement its surroundings while confidently contributing to the skyline. Sustainability underpins the entire development, ensuring long-term value and responsible growth.

This is a bold and forward-looking vision for Watford — one that requires the right partners to help deliver something genuinely different and transformative for the area.

 

Design Drivers

  • Welcome addition to the skyline
  • Welcoming, highly visible entrance as viewed from St Albans Road, Station Road and Watford Junction Station
  • Massing responding to significant corner of St Albans Road and Station Road
  • Sensitive massing appropriate to domestic scale of Canterbury Road