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Paupys
Vilnius, Lithuania
Developer: Darnu Group

of the project and wraps around the central residential community. By with the UN´s 2030 SDG and the EU New Green Deal objectives. The
making use of the level changes the retail street creates two ground levels scheme is currently down for a 2022 opening.
sinuously flowing from the Metro Plaza in the west to the Lifestyle Centre Borough Yards is a new dining, shopping and cultural destination in the
in the east. heart of medieval London. Situated in the London Borough of Southwark,
Recognised as the best conversion project in the Baltics, Paupys is next to the vibrant Borough Market, Borough Yards is bringing new life
being developed in the UNESCO-protected Vilnius Old Town, on an to an area rich with history. Continuing to open in phases throughout
abandoned factory site. In 2015, the buildings were dismantled and the 2022, the project will feature five mixed-use buildings including Grade-A
6ha area cleaned and decontaminated. Today, a new district, created workspace, retail, gallery, restaurants, cinema and creative spaces.
by seven prominent architecture studios, provides residential quarters, The high-quality public realm scheme will restore and reinvent the lost
commercial area and offices. The integrated urban environment offers medieval street pattern of the area adjacent to the world-famous food
a cinema, a conference centre, restaurants, retail and services centred destination Borough Market. Restoring and rejuvenating an important
around a marketplace. Everything was carefully chosen to create a part of south London’s Victorian railway heritage, the landmark scheme
communal district with its unique atmosphere. Paupys residents are will also re-purpose 8,500sq m of existing railway arches, creating 50
provided with privacy, a riverside, communal spaces and architecture units for retail, food & drink and leisure brands to use as their canvas to
extending the Old Town. Darnu Group is the company behind it and create and innovate. The architectural design weaves together historic
construction is ongoing. fabric with contemporary architecture and new public spaces, opening
LaMercedes is the conversion of the former Mercedes car factory the site to its Bankside context and bringing new pedestrian routes and
in Barcelona into a mixed-use eco-district, building on its rich industrial amenities to the area.
heritage. Being developed by Conren Tramway and whose architect Paddington Square is the centrepiece of Paddington’s regeneration, a
is Batlle i Roig, the uses of LaMercedes have been organised around new working, shopping, dining, and cultural quarter created by world-
work, live, learn and play concepts: 1,450 residential units (40 per cent renowned architect Renzo Piano and Shard developer Sellar, in partnership
social), 15,000sq m ground floor retail providing everything users need, with Hotel Properties Limited. At its heart is a light-filled crystalline
69,000sq m office and education campus and more than 50 per cent of building providing 14 floors of workspace incorporating wellbeing and
the plot´s footprint for green areas and public space, LaMercedes has sustainability features and smart technology, 80,000sq ft of shops and
been designed following the highest sustainability criteria in alignment restaurants will serve the area’s 55,000 worker population, a projected

Borough Yards
London, UK
Developer: MARK