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Barclays to take on new Esplanade offices

Barclays to take on new Esplanade offices

Wednesday 13 March 2019

Barclays to take on new Esplanade offices

Wednesday 13 March 2019


The key tenant of a major new six-storey office build on the location of a former nightclub is Barclays, documents submitted to the Planning Department suggest.

Dandara have applied to fit a Barclays’ illuminated sign to the façade of the building at 5-6 Esplanade, which sits opposite Liberation Station.

The new office building was built on the location of Koko/Kasbar, also known over the years as Folies, Babylon or Mint. It was one of the largest nightclub venues in Jersey with a capacity of 900 guests until it closed down on 14 October 2017 to make way for a 6,417sqm six-storey office building.

KoKo Kasbar

Pictured: Koko / Kasbar closed in October 2017.

Work started soon in November 2017 with the demolition of the venue.

Now the “multi-tenancy office building” - which comes with an 19-space underground parking and associated cycle facilities with access onto Commercial Street at the back of the building - appears to be nearing completion.

Plans submitted by Dandara also included shower facilities on each floor, balconies on the fourth and fifth floors, as well as a roof plant enclosure formed of aluminium panels and a galvanised frame at the top of the building.

Koko Esplanade Construction Site

Pictured: The six-storey office building now appears to be nearing completion.

In a Planning Statement included in the application for the development, Ms Planning wrote: "The current buildings, which are of no merit and at the end of their useful life, would be replaced with a high quality scheme of modern offices to meet the expectations of the Island's international finance industry."

 Pictured: A CGI view of the new office building from Liberation Square. (Axis Mason) 

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