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The Market Place offices Offices in the town centre could be transformed into 144 flats, in the latest plans for the site. Plans have been submitted by Tene Livnig to turn the offices at 6-8 Market Place into studio apartments, after previous plans were withdrawn. In January, a plan to extend the Soane Point offices by five storeys and make it a mix of co-working spaces and private offices was withdrawn after concerns were raised by City Pub Group, which owns the neighbouring Market House and Reading’s Conservation Area Advisory Committee (CAAC). The latest plans seek to simply conv...

Five-storey transformation withdrawn after concerns raised A plan to transform Soane Point offices at 6-8 Market Place into a mix of co-working spaces and private offices has been withdrawn after concerns were raised. Castleforge Partners had sought permission for a mix of one-to-five storey extensions are planned, taking the highest point of the building from four storeys to seven, including a new rooftop terrace space, and adding an extra wing to one of the blocks. It wanted “to provide an attractive contemporary flexible workspace for predominantly local, small and growing business...