Lendlease has launched the Turing Building, a 350,000-square-foot landmark office with planning permission to turn more than half of it into educational space, on the former 2012 London Olympics Park in east London.
The building has secured dual planning consent for around 200,000 square feet to become education use. It is next to London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London and University College London East, which opened campuses in autumn 2023, and Sadler’s Wells East, V&A East Storehouse and BBC Music Studios, which are close to opening.
The Turing Building was designed by architect Arney Fender Katsalidis and is the first building to be delivered as part of Lendlease’s joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board at Stratford Cross on the edge of the now Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Developed across 21 floors, the Turing Building comprises a mix of single and multi-tenant options. It also has event facilities, a lobby, a roof terrace and an on-site Everyman cinema which is now open. Level 21, a dedicated amenity floor, has breakout areas and collaboration spaces.
Guy Thomas, head of leasing, Lendlease, said in a statement: “The Turing Building is a best-in-class asset with market leading amenity and sustainability credentials. Its location near key cultural, educational, and sporting facilities as well as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park gives potential occupiers a chance to join an ecosystem that is truly unrivalled outside of the West End.
“The draw of the area is already clear. As well as strong interest in viewing the Turing Building, we’re attracting established names from the hospitality sector, with the arrival of Gordon Ramsay’s Bread Street Kitchen, and Everyman now open in Turing. Sadler’s Wells East and V&A East Storehouse will join the East Bank cultural institutions next year, as the area continues to emerge as London’s new cultural and innovation hub. The Turing Building is perfectly positioned to connect businesses and institutions to this thriving community of forward-thinking organisations and world-leading talent.”
Sadler’s Wells East will open in February, V&A East Storehouse will open in May and its David Bowie Centre in September 2025. The V&A East Museum is scheduled to open in spring 2026, and the BBC Music Studios in late 2026 or early 2027.
Speaking to CoStar News last year, Lendlease development director Brian Donnelly said around half of the Stratford Cross has now been built, including around 1.2 million square feet of offices. The planning consent is for 2.57 million square feet of offices, 683 apartments and 90,000 square feet of retail with future offices to be delivered in a 50:50 joint venture with CPP Investments. "The first phase was about focusing on large organisations," he said, pointing to occupiers including government body Transport for London, the LLDC itself, the Financial Conduct Authority, Unicef and charity Cancer Research UK.
He described the Turing Building as an inflexion point as it coincides with the opening of the cultural buildings at East Bank next door. "We are an interesting connective tissue between Westfield's mall and East Bank and, really, the name change to Stratford Cross [from the International Quarter] was about putting Stratford front and centre."
BNP Paribas Real Estate, CBRE and Knight Frank are leasing agents.
