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Exceptional design, wherever you are
We offer the experience and skills of an international consultancy,
with the flexibility and care that comes with being local
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Delivering a quality service for over 150 years
From 1862…
The first Consulting Engineer
A strong stable firm wholly
owned by the partners
Largest firm of MEP consulting engineers in the UK
First building air conditioned for human comfort
A history of successful,
innovative design
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Sustainable design since the 19th Century
A consistent commitment
to sustainability
BREEAM Outstanding and Excellent projects
…to today
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You get the best people
Highly qualified
Efficiency through collaboration
Your project will benefit from our significant resource of
chartered engineers and designers. Our Partners will engage
directly with you providing you with a personable and tailored
service.
Our close knit teams collaborate with other design
professionals, contractors and specialist suppliers to achieve
efficient and successful results for you and your stakeholders.
We want to give you the best value for money.
Bringing creativity and innovation
We encourage creative and original thinking to ensure that the
buildings we design for our clients meet the needs of the future.
We understand what is important to you - long-term flexibility,
functionality, value and energy use.
Supporting development
We are enthusiastically committed to ongoing professional
development. Our accredited schemes ensure we have the best
people for the job.
The latest technology
To do the best job for you, we equip our engineers and
designers with the latest software and design technologies.
Producing the best results
We have an open, flexible and professional culture. You’ll find
our staff motivated and committed to doing their best for you.
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What we can do for you
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Bringing you sector specific knowledge and capability
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Comprehensive service
Fire Engineering design for any project is probably one of the
most important aspects, considering life safety and property
protection without restricting architectural design and adding
additional costs.
We offer a full range of services from due diligence studies to
the development of fire safety strategies and fire management
plans.
Our approach has the same underlying philosophy – to work
closely with the client, the architect and other team members
to develop the most creative engineering solution of the highest
quality; on time and within budget. We operate state of the art
analytical methods that allow us to develop ideas quickly and to
work to the tightest deadlines.
We do this in a user-friendly way making use of experience
gained over many years from our work on hundreds of
prestigious projects.
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Innovative residential design solutions
Fire Engineering for residential developments is now highly
sophisticated and requires engineers of the highest calibre with
extensive design experience. Hoare Lea Fire Engineering has
relevant expertise and experience with state of the art technical
and computing support. Our personnel also have the track
record to demonstrate they can deliver projects of this size,
complexity and importance within cost, quality and time
constraints and within a team environment.
The key benefits that we can provide to these developments
are:
• Experience on other prestigious projects;
• Minimization of delays in approval;
• Peace of mind and confidence in a high level of safety;
• Integration of fire safety with other design objectives;
• Cost-effective fire protection solution; and
• Close working relationship with the design team and fast
response to client requests.
Extended Travel Distances in Common Corridors
Hoare Lea Fire Engineering have had recent success extending
travel distances in common corridors using natural and
mechanical ventilation with less floor area taken. We have
extensive experience in applying varied ventilation systems
(natural, mechanical or mix of both) to meet architectural
aspirations as well as cost efficient design.
Shared Lobby
In high value apartments there is a desire to share the common
lift lobby with the flat to create privacy and increase net
saleable area. We have successfully had this agreed on many
schemes in London.
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Open plan design layouts
Open-plan apartments are becoming more popular in the UK as
developers realise the potential added value they can bring to a
residential development by removing the necessity for underutilised and low value areas of living accommodation such as
entrance corridors. The public are also attracted to open-plan
apartments which architects have developed to fully take
advantage of the benefits of open-plan living such as the
freedom gained by the extra space, and the light and airy feel to
the living area.
In past and current projects Hoare Lea Fire Engineering were
able to analyse and develop different fire engineering strategies
for residential developments. Proven benefits of detection in
real fire scenarios could be used to justify departures from the
Approved Document for such issues such as the provision of
extended travel distances or inner rooms. Given the life safety
benefits of fire engineered ventilation solutions and additional
detection or even sprinkler systems we were able to justify non
code compliant solutions by increasing benefits (e.g. increase of
travel distance, decrease of construction costs etc.) as well as
increasing the level of safety.
Hoare Lea Fire Engineering has developed a unique tried-andtested scientific methodology which has been developed
through a process of discussions with Building Control bodies,
the LFEPA (Fire Engineering team) and third party checkers.
Our robust scientific methodology has enabled us to gain good
reputation amongst developers whom are increasingly
proposing open-plan apartments or dwellinghouses.
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Open plan design layouts
The following list provides an example of some recent projects
where we have undertaken our open-plan assessment. These
developments feature open-plan flats, and have been
successfully approved by the local Building Control authority or
Approved Inspector (listed in brackets):
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3 Merchant Square, London (HCD Building Control and
LFEPA);
261 City Road, London (Lewisham Building Control and
Menzies Partners Ltd);
Embassy Gardens, London (Tower Hamlets Building
Control and Menzies Partners);
259 City Road, London (Islington Building Control and
LFEPA);
Neo Bankside, London (MLM Approved Inspectors and
LFEPA);
Suttons Wharf, Block B (Tower Hamlets Building Control
and Menzies Partners Ltd);
Douglas House, London (Salus Approved Inspectors and
LFEPA);
Yeoman’s Row, Kensington and Chelsea (MLM Approved
Inspectors);
Eagle House, London (Butler & Young, Trenton Fire and
IFC);
19 Lowndes Close, Belgravia, London (MLM Approved
Inspectors);
63 Shelton Street, London (Premier Guarantee Approved
Inspectors);
9 Marylebone Lane, London (MLM Approved Inspectors);
3 Orme Square, London (Assent Building Control);
PSB, Cambridge (Cambridge Building Control and
Cambridge Fire Service);
4-16 Artillery Row, London (BSB Building Control).
Image used with permission of Squire and Partners / Dukelease
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Our Value Engineering Services
Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD)
Hoare Lea Fire Engineering applies the latest computer
modelling techniques to smoke development and evacuation
modelling. Computational Fluid Dynamics and Evacuation
modelling have the capability to assist in the understanding of
the complex internal airflows, smoke dispersal and people
movement analysis in the building. Fire modelling analysis and
evacuation can be used to justify departures from the standard
guidance documents.
Hoare Lea Fire Engineering uses the following CFD tools: FDS
& Smokeview, ANSYS and CFX.
Evacuation Modelling
The means of escape provision in large office developments can
be difficult to analyse. However virtual evacuation modelling
can assist in the prediction of the occupants’ movement. This
analysis could lead to the design of a more efficient exit system
with significant space savings. Extended travel distances,
omitting stair cores or final exits as well as reducing stair and
exit widths is possible based on a 4-D evacuation analysis.
Using these modern fire engineering techniques, cost saving and
outstanding architecture are possible.
Structural Fire Engineering
There are many different structural fire engineering techniques
that members of the Hoare Lea Fire Engineering team regularly
use to optimize fire protection requirements in buildings. Many
of these techniques are geared towards reducing the amount of
fire protection in steel frame buildings however, we are also
able to optimize fire protection requirements in timber and
concrete frame structures using available design techniques.
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Innovative design solutions for Office Buildings
Single Stair Office Buildings
Currently a single stair office building compliant with the
current guidance and standards (Approved Document Part B,
BS 9999: 2008) should meet the following criteria:
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The building should not have an occupied floor greater than
11m;
Maximum of five storeys;
Travel distances should not exceed 18m in single direction;
Occupancy is limited to 60 people per floor (single exit);
If more exits are provided on the ground floor, higher
occupancy on the ground floor can be achieved.
This guidance has been traditionally taken as set and Statutory
Authorities have been reluctant in deviating from this.
However, Hoare Lea Fire Engineering have undertaken research
and investigations in single stair office buildings. This includes a
review of international standards and internal computer
modelling (for example 4D evacuation and CFD (Computational
Fluid Dynamics) modelling).
In addition to these internal studies, we have been involved in
single stair buildings with heights of more than 11m (18m and
30m). The following provides an example of recent projects
where we have successfully applied our fire engineering
approach for single stair office buildings:
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Bankside, Block E (Five levels; 16.80m) – Approved and built
My Place, Luton (Five levels; 19.90m) – Approved and built
13 Stanhope Gate, Mayfair (Six levels; 18.20m) – Approved
and built
73-75 The Strand, London (Eight levels; 27m) – Approved
and built
12-13 Bruton Street, London (Seven levels; 26.10m) –
Approved
145 City Road, London (10 levels; 34m) – Under approval
process
Fleet House CoL, London (10 levels; 31m) – Under approval
process
International Building Exhibition, Hamburg / Germany (15
levels; 50m) – Competition
Fire Risk Management Journal
Our findings of single stair approaches within office buildings
have been published in:
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Building Sustainable Design: K. Wallasch, B. Stock ’When
one‘s enough‘, Issue 9, Oct 2009; and
Fire Risk Management Journal: K. Wallasch, B. Stock ’Single
Living‘, Dec. 2009.
Example of Evacuation Modelling
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Best Technical (Fire Safety) Innovation
ExCeL – Exhibition Centre London
Hoare Lea’s fire strategy won the LDSA Excellence Award 2011
for ‘Best technical (fire safety) innovation’.
Phase 1 of the development provided 64,000m2 of Exhibition
space for ExCeL. The Phase 2 works aimed to add an additional
36,000m2 of hall space. In addition the Car Park at Level 00 is
extended and high quality conference spaces are proposed to
further enhance the existing exhibition, conference and
supporting facilities available at ExCeL.
The work carried out included comprehensive desk and CFD
studies to develop an evacuation strategy that complimented
the Phase 1 strategies. In addition Hoare Lea Fire Engineering
worked closely with the Local Authorities and ExCeL’s
management team to deliver a holistic strategy for both Phase 1
and 2. This achieved equivalent or better levels of fire safety
than in prescriptive guidance documents that could be
incorporated into an established management regime.
Hoare Lea Fire Engineering applied modern fire engineering
techniques e.g. Computational Fluid Dynamics, Structural Fire
Engineering, Evacuation modelling etc. to achieve the architects’
aspiration and a cost efficient design.
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Residential
NEO Bankside, London
Client
Architect
Native Land
Rogers Stirk Harbour
This scheme lies in the heart of the Bankside area of London,
where a wide range of cultural, business and residential
communities and a diverse and thriving built environment have
co-existed in an intricate web of streets dating from medieval
times.
The site is located close to the River Thames and is directly
opposite the west entrance to the Tate Modern and the site of
the proposed extension to the museum.
The development provides 229 residential units in five separate
buildings ranging from six to 24 storeys.
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Residential
The Landmark Phase 1 & 2, London
Client
Architect
Chalgrove Properties Ltd.
Squire + Partners
The Landmark includes 853 residential apartments over two
towers and commercial space.
The complex includes extensive underground car parking, a
health and fitness club and ground floor retail spaces.
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Residential
The Landmark Phase 3, London
Client
Architect
Chalgrove Properties Ltd.
Squire + Partners
This mixed use development consisting of three towers,
including phase 1 & 2. The Landmark phase 3 tower at 75 levels,
located on the site of the City Pride public house, includes over
650 residential apartments and commercial spaces.
The complex includes extensive underground car parking, a
health and fitness club and ground floor retail spaces.
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Residential
Earls Court Village London, Phases 1 & 2
Client
Architect
Capital & Countries
KPF
The transformation of the district based on the concept of four
urban villages and a High Street.
Inspired by London, the four villages are designed for
sustainable urban living and comprise new homes, offices,
hotels, work space, education and community facilities as well
as a new destination for leisure and culture.
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Residential
Pan Peninsula, South Quay, London
Client
Architect
Ballymore
SOM
This mixed use development consisting of two towers of 40 and
50 storeys, was on completion at 180m, the tallest residential
development in the UK.
Level 50 in tower 1 is provided with a spectacular cocktail
lounge with panoramic views. The development provides 850
apartments, 2800m². of retail and leisure use and 200 car park
spaces.
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Residential
Lexicon, 261 City Road, London
Client
Architect
Mount Anvil
SOM
261 City Road is a luxury 36 storey landmark building arranged
around a landscaped courtyard and overlooking the Regent's
Canal.
The scheme delivers 307 homes to include a private residents'
spa with treatment rooms, a yoga room, a business lounge and
private dining and function room within the scheme. 785m² of
mixed use commercial space is also provided.
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Workplace
Baskerville House, Birmingham
Client
Architects
Targetfollow
Rolfe Judd
Baskerville House is a Grade II listed landmark building in
Birmingham City Centre. This major refurbishment will provide
just over 200,000 sq ft of high quality office accommodation by
the addition of two new floors and extension of the existing
floor plates.
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Workplace
American Express, Brighton
Client
Architect
American Express
EPR
American Express lies in an area first developed in Regency and
early Victorian times and sits within the ‘Edward Street
Quarter’ in the heart of the historic centre of Brighton.
American Express is the largest private employer within
Brighton, operating there since the mid 1970’s. Their existing
building no longer met the current demands of their business,
so American Express looked to develop the site adjacent to this
existing facility.
An important aspect of this scheme was ensuring a more open
and welcoming approach with large efficient floor plates that
provide maximum flexibility throughout to meet their future
business needs.
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Workplace
125 Old Broad Street, London
Client
Architect
Hammerson
GMW
This 32,000m2 tower is located in the heart of the City of
London, arranged over 26 floors, with retail and restaurant
accommodation on the ground floor.
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Workplace
One Bishops Square, Spitalfields, London
Client
Architect
Hammerson
Foster + Partners
This mixed-use development by Hammerson was pre-let to
solicitors Allen and Overy.
The scheme includes 100,000m² of office accommodation;
2,000m² of new retail units, the refurbishment of six existing
retail units, 14 new and seven refurbished residential units.
The development features extensive landscaping to the public
realm, including the formation of a new square.
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Workplace
Microsoft Building, Reading
Client
Microsoft
A new 4 storey office building with a basement car park located
in the Microsoft Campus, Reading.
The office storeys are laid out in a “U” shape plan around the
void. A toilet and lift core is situated at the right of the void
with two escape stair cores situated at either side of the
building.
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Healthcare
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Client
Architect
University Hospitals Bristol
NHS Foundation Trust
Various
Hoare Lea has been involved in a series of modernisation
projects at the BRI site in Bristol. We have been the consultants
of choice for the main redevelopment projects over the last ten
years as follows.
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Retail
Cabot Circus, Bristol
Client
Architects
Bristol Alliance
(Hammerson Plc and Land Securities Group Plc)
Alex French Architects
Chapman Taylor
Benoy
Major mixed use, retail led, urban regeneration scheme in the
centre of Bristol. Two year enabling works contract totalling
£18 million to clear site of utilities. 1,000,000 m2. of retail with
House of Fraser anchor store. Other key tenants include
Harvey Nichols, Hugo Boss and Reiss.
The scheme also includes a 16 screen ‘Cinema De-lux’. 300
residential units, 2,500 parking spaces and public realm works.
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Retail
Eastgate, Leeds
Client
Architects
Hammerson
ACME Space Architects
Benoy
Gross Max
Jerde Architects
92,900m2 of retail including two department stores and roof
top parking for 2,500 cars. The streets are naturally ventilating,
covered and galleried over three levels.
The development also includes 200 residential units and a multiscreen cinema complex.
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Hotels
Art’Otel, London
Client
Architect
Aspirations
Squire + Partners
The development comprises an 18 storey, 300 bed four star
hotel with art galleries, studios, leisure facilities, cinema,
restaurants and bars.
Located in the East End of London, this signature building has
been designed to enhance the local area and recognise the local
art community that already exists.
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Hotels
ExCel, Royal Victoria Docks London
Client
Architect
ExCel
Jestico + Whiles
A ten storey, 250 bed four star plus hotel in London with bars,
restaurants, and leisure facilities. The building is located at the
main entrance to the newly extended ExCeL Exhibition Centre.
The building takes the form of a ‘wave’ and is designed to
provide a eye catching focal point when approaching the centre.
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Mixed Use
Lots Road, London
Client
Architects
Hutchinson Whampoa
Farrell
Formation
This high quality residential development for Hutchison
Whampoa in Chelsea consists of approximately 800 private and
affordable residential units plus commercial and leisure / retail
spaces, underground car park & public spaces.
The development includes two new residential 25 & 37 level
towers located on either side of the creek entrance; and the
retention and conversion of the Lots Road Power Station
building, with the shell transformed into a unique mixed-use
community development.
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Mixed Use
Stone Towers, Cairo
Client
Architect
Rooya Group
Zaha Hadid Architects
Winner – Bentley Be Inspired Awards 2010 - Innovation in
Campuses, Airports, and Military Installations
The mixed use scheme comprises 18 buildings in a new
development in Cairo, Egypt. The scheme includes 520,000m²
of office floor area and one hotel. Retail space is on every
ground floor and opens onto a richly developed landscaped
area called the Delta.
The site is located in New Cairo, on the city’s eastern edge.
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Mixed Use
One Blackfriars, London
Client
Architect
St. George South London Ltd.
Ian Simpson
This development consists of an elegant 50 level residential
tower and a six level boutique hotel. The Tower, hotel and
podium building frame a central plaza.
The buildings are occupied by 274 luxury residential apartments
and 163 hotel guestrooms, retail space, and a basement car
park.
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Mixed Use
Manhattan Loft Gardens, London
Client
Architect
Manhattan Loft Corporation
SOM
Located near Stratford International station, the 42-story
Manhattan Loft Gardens is situated alongside one of London’s
largest and newest transport interchanges.
The building contains a 150-room, world-class hotel at the
lower levels with a 34-story residential tower above. The 248unit residential tower delivers a unique interweaving of single
and loft-style apartments.
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Mixed Use
Merchant Square, Paddington London
Client
Architect
European Land
Robin Partington and Partners
The Merchant Square masterplan comprises a large mixed use
development with residential and commercial uses within six
buildings, as an integral part of a new and vibrant public realm.
The development includes an iconic 43-sorey tower containing
residences above a four star boutique hotel with a publicly
accessible sky bar on the top floor.
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Mixed Use
Hampton House, London
Client
Architect
St. James
Foster + Partners
Hampton House is a luxury 34 storey waterfront building
arranged around a landscaped courtyard and overlooking the
Thames on Albert Embankment.
The scheme provides 242 apartments,167 hotel rooms and
500m2 of flexible commercial space at grade for retail and
restaurants.
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Transport
Heathrow Terminal 2A, London
Client
Architects
Ferrovial
Foster + Partners
Luis Vidal
The main terminal building, stands on the site of the old
Terminal 2 and the Queen’s Building. Its five floors and 12
aircraft stands provide a bright, spacious and modern home for
airlines including those making up the Star Alliance.
It serves about 20 million passengers a year.
The car park provides more than 1,300 spaces across four
floors. A series of walkways connect it directly to the main
terminal building.
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Transport
Birmingham New Street Station
Client
Architect
Network Rail
Advantage West Midlands
Centro
Birmingham City Council
Foreign Office Architects
New Street station is transformed into a stunning transport hub
for the West Midlands. The project brings major economic
growth by creating new jobs and stimulating regeneration.
The redesigned station is enclosed by a giant atrium, allowing
natural light throughout the station and to all 12 refurbished
platforms.
The new concourse is three and a half times bigger giving more
space for the 140,000 passengers who use the station every
day.
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Sports
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium
Client
Architects
Crown Prince
Broadway Malyan
Pattern
Located in Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates, the new Hazza
Bin Zayed Stadium represents one of the most modern, stateof-the art stadia in the Middle East.
As well as providing a new 25,000-seat home ground for the Al
Ain Football Club, the stadium forms part of a 500,000m²
mixed use development, providing a single sport, leisure and
business venue to the region.
The stadium’s design has been inspired by the natural landscape
of Al Ain, and encompasses both traditional and innovative
design. The new stadium is managed and operated by Al Ain
Club Investment Company.
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Sports
South Marsh Community Hub
Client
Architects
Hackney
Stanton Williams Architects
The new Community Hub at the South Marsh, comprising new
changing rooms, a café and an education/sport facility, has been
designed in a welcoming, inclusive structure that recognises the
special qualities of this place and connects with its wider setting,
including the adjacent Olympic Park.
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Leisure
ExCel – Royal Victoria Docks London
Client
Architects
London International Exhibition Centre Ltd
Moxley
Grimshaw
The 200 acres site has been developed to provide over
200,000m2 exhibition space, hotels, residential and other
support facilities. The development comprised construction of
90,000m2 of exhibition space with under croft parking and
associated energy centre.
This project formed the centre piece of the regeneration of the
east end docklands areas.
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Leisure
Beirut Souks, Lebanon
Client
Architect
Beirut Souks
Zaha Hadid
A mega entertainment destination and architecturally avantgarde structure, the project was redesigned featuring more
commercial space and introducing a pedestrian link between
Allenby and Trablous street.
The Entertainment Complex comprises 14 modern cinemas
above ground with generous lounges and concession areas, a
retail and entertainment zone, restaurants, a multimedia store,
a games arcade and retail extending to Khan Antoun Bey
Square.
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