Event

The Acre Reimagined: Delivering transformational workplaces in the West End

18 Nov 2025 to 18 Nov 2025
8:00 am to 10:00 am

In our upcoming seminar, we will explore the vision behind The Acre, Covent Garden’s largest office development from Platform Associates and Northwood Investors.

Originally designed by Richard Seifert – the architect behind the iconic Centre Point – The Acre has been reimagined by Arup, Gensler and Lendlease to provide 265,000 sq ft of prime office and amenity space, whilst retaining over 80% of the existing 1970s structure.

Hear directly from the project team as they share how The Acre has been transformed from inception and vision through to delivery and completion. A quick-fire panel session will follow, exploring some of the key themes of the project, including delivering commercial development in Covent Garden, heritage challenges and opportunities, architectural legacies and balancing sustainability with project needs.

You can see the full list of speakers below.

This event has been organised in partnership with the WPA NextGen Committee, who run a programme of events throughout the year to empower and champion the next generation of leaders from Westminster’s property sector. This is made possible by our NextGen champion Gardiner & Theobald.

Date: Tuesday 18 November
Time: 8:00am-10:00am
Location: The Acre, 90 Long Acre, WC2E 9RA

Register here

This Westminster Property Association event is only open to members and stakeholders of Westminster Property Association (WPA). You can view a list of member companies here. If you are interested in joining our Associations, please contact team@cwpa.org.uk.    

 

Speakers

Liam Bonnar

WPA NextGen Committee Member & Architect, Make Architects

Rupert Calvert

WPA NextGen Chair & Project Director, Darling Associates (panel chair)

Lucy Dowling

Partner, Knight Frank

Kate Falconer Hall

CPA NextGen Committee Member & Partner, Montagu Evans

Holly Harrington

WPA NextGen Committee Member & Senior Development Manager, GPE

Valeria Segovia

Principle, Design Director, Gensler