Soho's Ham Yard Bombsite Redevlopment

A site in London that has been left largely untouched since the Blitz during the Second World War is to be developed into a hotel and houses.

The three acre site called Ham Yard in London’s Soho has been acquired for £30 million by husband and wife team Tim and Kit Kemp who are to develop it into a £90 million boutique hotel with housing through their business Firmdale Hotels.

Just off Regent Street, the hub of London’s shopping district, the site will become a 100 room hotel and 50,000 square feet of accommodation, of which a third will be affordable housing.

If planning goes through work will start at the beginning of next year.