Developer Southern Grove Group has unveiled a £55m mixed-use student accommodation scheme for London’s Hackney Wick.

The Broadwood Piano Works will create over 200 bedrooms on Fish Island with co-working facilities, a gym and space for pop-ups and creative workshops. It will be a sister building to The Vogue, which is a 330-bed mixed-use student scheme which sits on the adjacent site and was developed by Southern Grove’s joint venture sister company, Future Generation.

Tom Slingsby, CEO of Southern Grove Group, said: “Hackney Wick is one of the most rapidly regenerating areas of London.

“The two schemes will provide a mix of uses to an area that represents one of the most vibrant growth opportunities in London.”

The site was recently acquired and is under five minutes walk from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and the other side of the park is the University of East London (UEL) campus in Stratford, while Queen Mary University of London sits just to the south-west of Fish Island in Mile End.

It will incorporate 2,500 sqm of commercial space and retain the heritage chimney and boiler house that formed part of the John Broadwood & Sons piano factory, which earlier occupied the site. Planning permission will be sought from the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC).