The Assemblies scheme will add three extra floors to the nine-storey 150 Minories, alongside a rear extension, pocket park, health hub, co-working space, café and an ‘internal street’ linking Minories with Vine Street. The amenities will be open to residents and the public.  Developers HUB and Bridges Fund Management said the ‘next-generation’ homes had been designed to ‘appeal to the creative and business communities in the east and the City of London respectively’.  The private studio rooms will be fully furnished, with all-inclusive rents. The building will feature social areas throughout, designed to ‘foster a sense of community among residents’, according to the project’s backers. Advertisement 150 Minories was built in the 1950s as two separate buildings, but merged into a single structure in the late 1960s, with a new central core connecting the two wings. The 900m2 building has a steel and concrete frame with masonry infill, while its primary, eastern elevation features horizontal strip windows.  Under Morris+Company’s plans, the revamped building will still be organised around a central core, with east and west-facing flats accessed from a north-south corridor extending along the building.  The plans also include a new brick façade with single and double window bays forming a grid across most of the eastern elevation. Some setback elements of the building at upper levels will have a pleated perforated metal façade.  Morris+Company associate director and residential lead Hugh Queenan said: ‘By repurposing this 1950s concrete-framed building, we are not only reducing embodied carbon but also fostering a vibrant community – opening new urban connections and public realm between Minories and Vine Street.’ HUB managing director Damien Sharkey said: ‘To have our plans for Assemblies approved, closely following the approval of our Cornerstone development [designed by AHMM], is testament to the benefits that shared living homes can bring to the City of London. Advertisement ‘We believe that well-located, professionally managed next-generation co-living homes with exceptional public-facing amenity will appeal to those already working in the area while delivering added benefits to the local community.’ Bridges Fund Management director Celia Harrison said: ‘Assemblies, like Cornerstone, is a great example of how we can transform under-utilised, inefficient office buildings into attractive co-living developments that meet the huge demand for high-quality living space in urban areas.’ Construction is expected to begin on site next year. Current site view: