Docklands News

…as Park Place also gets the green light

3rd October 2014

Councillors at Tower Hamlets have also given the go-ahead for a 31-storey tower, at Park Place near Cabot Square, Canary Wharf. As part of the agreement for the 170-metre high development, Canary Wharf Group will make Section 106 contributions toward Crossrail works, bus services, leisure facilities and an Ideas Store.

The Wharf (26/09/14)

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Boris speaks out on housing

3rd October 2014

Boris Johnson has focused on housing in his speech to the Conservative Party conference, demanding that new homes in the capital should be sold first to Londoners rather than wealthy foreigners. “I want (homes) marketed first and sold first to the people of this country, not to ‘oligarchs from the Planet Zog’”, he stated.

Evening Standard (30/09/14) 

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Affordable penthouse living

26th September 2014

Bellway Thames Gateway has listed a number of new penthouse flats in developments across East London, all with a sub-1m price tag.

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Quay House decision deferred

26th September 2014

Members of Tower Hamlets’ strategic development committee have deferred a planning decision on a proposal for a 68-storey, 496-apartment tower at South Quay on the Isle of Dogs.

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“Distinct chill” cools London house prices

26th September 2014

According to the latest report from Hometrack, house prices in London fell by 0.1% between August and September, for the first time in nearly two years.

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London world’s most expensive city

26th September 2014

Research by Savills has found that London is now the world’s most expensive city for companies to locate employees, overtaking the previous leader Hong Kong, which had topped the ranking for five years.

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