Chinese developer takes Poplar site

6th April 2018

Chinese property developer Country Garden has snapped up its first British site - the Ailsa Wharf project in Poplar, east London, where it has  planning consent for a £400m development that includes 785 homes. Work on the 270,000 sq ft site, on land bought from Galliard Homes and Lindhill, is due start by this summer, with the first properties due to be completed in 2021. Country Garden is China's largest residential developer by sales, with a market capitalisation of more than £31bn.

The Times (03/04/2018)   Evening Standard (03/04/2018)