DORMA Door Controls and Glass feature heavily at Duke of York’s Headquarters refurbishment

Chelsea’s King’s Road is adept at reinventing itself for each new generation of discerning shoppers and the latest phase in its history is the sophisticated £120m redevelopment of the Duke of York’s headquarters, probably one of the most significant urban regeneration projects of recent times. Phase one, completed in late 2003, incorporates a major retail complex along with residential and commercial accommodation. Later phases, to be completed by 2006, will include a school, medical facility, luxury housing and a stunning corporate office headquarters. Notably, the 10-acre scheme incorporates the first new public square in London’s West End for over a century, about the same period in fact since the young Welsh grocer Peter Jones set up his department store just along the road.

The magnificent Duke of York’s headquarters has its origins in the reign of King George III, when the present site (along with the manor house, which had previously been the seat of the Cadogan family) was bought by the government of the day as the location for the 'Royal Military Asylum for the Children of Soldiers of the Regular Army' – the foundation stone being laid by the Duke of York. more…

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