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1st April 2016
Land around London's historic Royal Docks is to be released for new home building under proposals put forward for consultation by the city’s Mayor. Chinese developer ABP has secured planning permission for a large financial and business district at Royal Albert Dock, Property Wire notes, and the Silvertown Partnership has already begun restoring Millennium Mills at Silvertown Quays to deliver over 3,000 homes.
1st April 2016
The Daily Express' Deborah Stone details £3.5bn plans for Canada Water, the former docklands district area, including the creation of 5,000 new jobs, 3,000 homes in the Russia Dock Woodland, Stave Hill Park and Silvertown areas, and a projected £260m boost to the London economy. "We anticipate a good deal of interest from young families, as well as young professionals and first-time buyers for the smaller units,” says Cathy Lloyd, sales and marketing director for L&Q.
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1st April 2016
City AM's Melissa York profiles Canning Town, E16, noting 10,000 new homes are currently planned, with many for sale on affordability schemes like Help to Buy and Shared Ownership. “By the time the £3.7bn regeneration project is complete in 2024, the area will be completely unrecognisable from its dockers’ town past,” says Louisa Brodie, head of search and acquisition at Banda Property.
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1st April 2016
Brockton Capital has joined the Shoreditch Village scheme, currently a run-down site between Shoreditch High Street and Great Eastern Street in London's trendy Shoreditch area, which has been privately-owned by the Hall and White families for over 40 years, to create 150,000 square feet of commercial-led space, including a 216-bed Citizen M Hotel, offices, shops, restaurants and a covered food market.
City AM
1st April 2016
Royal Quay at Limehouse Cut, London’s oldest canal, is amongst several canalside properties profiled in Homes and Property. "Part of the allure for home buyers is the sense of sanctuary that canalside living brings," says Nick Davies of Stirling Ackroyd.
1st April 2016
Crossrail Place in Canary Wharf, the only London-based structure to pick up a gong at the ceremony, has been awarded Best Urban Regeneration Project at this year's Mipim Awards.
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