Mayor’s office approves two major Docklands schemes

29th April 2016

Mayor Boris Johnson’s office has given the green light to two major new residential schemes on the Isle of Dogs. On Wednesday April 27^th, Deputy Mayor Sir Edward Lister first approved London & Regional’s £500m proposals to redevelop Westferry Printworks, on the edge of the Millwall Outer Dock. Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell plans to build 722 flats in nine blocks, four of which will be up to 30 storeys high, along with a secondary school and an array of office facilities. Later in the day, Sir Edward handed planning permission to Far East Consortium for its Alpha Square project at 50 Marsh Wall. Also mooted to cost £500m, a 65-storey, 217m skyscraper will anchor two shorter towers of 20 and 34 storeys, with a combined 634 homes and a 20-floor hotel of 231 rooms.

Construction Enquirer (28/04/2016)   Property Week (27/04/2016)