Poplar place to live

26th January 2018

Poplar place to live

A planning decision is due next month on the redevelopment of Chrisp Street Market in Poplar, build as part of the Festival of Britain in 1951. The Poplar Harca housing association has partnered up with Telford Homes to build 650 flats, shops and a cinema. Should permission be granted, it will add to a Poplar pipeline that already includes almost 2,500 apartments, in new buildings and revitalised Brutalist landmarks. Alisa Wharf, a £350m River Lea scheme led by Galliard Homes recently got the go-ahead, and will include 785 new homes in 13 buildings with a central park and a new riverside waterway. The first homes will be finished in 2021. Elsewhere, Aberfeldy Village near East India DLR station offers one-bedroom flats from £399,950, and two-bedroom homes from £459,950, while a three-bedroom house in Bellway’s Lansbury Square can be had from £599,995. Alternatively, refurbished apartments at Ernö Goldfinger’s Balfron Tower and Carradale House are expected to go on the market this spring, while the first of 1,500 new homes on the Robin Hood Gardens estate should be complete next year, with a one-bedroom flat starting at £425,000.

Evening Standard (24/01/2018)