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Tag Archives: Hammerson
Westfield seals deal to buy Hammerson out of town centre
Westfield’s parent company has this afternoon confirmed that they have bought out Hammerson, the owners of the Centrale shopping centre, from their half-share of the Croydon Partnership, the joint venture which has inflicted a decade’s worth of development blight on … Continue reading
Westfield non-developers facing £5m fine for failed supermall
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council concedes it is virtually powerless over land-owners and developers for long-delayed regeneration scheme, as influential scrutiny chair admits her committee is not convinced things will change. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The company formed 10 years ago … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Partnership, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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M&S’s Whitgift future questioned after shift to Purley Way
A bullish £480m expansion plan for one of Britain’s biggest retailers, with ‘the right stores, in the right place, with the right space’, could mean more bad news for Croydon town centre. By our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE There’s growing … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Marks and Spencer, MS, Purley Way, Steve Rowe, Stuart Machin, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Town centre stations should be the focus for future vision
With more shops closing and others reducing their floor space in the run-down Whitgift Centre, ANDREW PELLING looks east for solutions to address the town centre’s retail decline The continued loss of retail outlets in Croydon comes as high street … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Pelling, Boxpark, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Planning, TfL, Tramlink, Transport, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Nestle Tower, St George's Walk, Tory, West Croydon station, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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WH Smith is latest Whitgift Centre store to shut up shop
Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on the latest (partial) closure on Croydon’s already badly run-down High Street WH Smith, one of the mainstays of the Whitgift Centre ever since it opened more than 50 years ago, is about to downsize … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, North End, Waitrose, Westfield, WH Smith, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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How ‘Lost’ soon became an apt metaphor for Perry’s mayoralty
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council’s continuing financial woes are due in the main to the Conservative government’s policies nationally over the past 12 years, says reader DEREK THROWER So Part-time Perry, our Croydon Conservative Mayor, is lost in self-pity. We can … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Art, Business, Croydon Council, LOST, Mayor Jason Perry, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Derek Thrower, Develop Croydon, Fabien Riggall, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Lost, Mayor Jason Perry, Secret Cinema, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Mayor Perry has ‘second thoughts’ about investing in Croydon
‘Things are going to get worse before they get better,’ said the borough’s £81,000 per year part-time Mayor last week, as he begins to find his Town Hall task a bit of a struggle, reports WALTER CRONXITE, political editor Jason … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Art, Boxpark, Business, CPO, Croydon Council, CVA, LOST, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Boozepark, Boxpark, Conservative, Council Tax Support, Croydon, Croydon Council, Develop Croydon, Fabien Riggall, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jason Cummings, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Secret Cinema, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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The Whitgift Centre is on a roll in the build-up to Christmas
Centrale and Whitgift shopping centres have announced that they will be opening a free roller rink in Whitgift Square on Saturday November 25, to be a feature of festive activities in the town centre right through until Christmas Eve. It … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Activities, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Christmas, Croydon, Croydon BID, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Waitrose’s closure is another nail in town centre’s coffin
Another nail in the coffin of Croydon as a retail centre will be hammered in place tomorrow, with the closure of the Waitrose supermarket on George Street. The closure was announced by the groceries arm of the John Lewis Partnership … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business
Tagged Croydon, George Street, Hammersfield, Hammerson, John Lewis, Waitrose, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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#PennReport: Hall and Negrini ‘only wanted good news stories’
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Richard Penn’s report tells of how the borough’s political leaders had become ‘paranoid’ about Inside Croydon – which one senior councillor noted was filling ‘the communication vacuum’ created by the dysfunctional council. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES In … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Report in the Public Interest, Simon Hall, The Penn Report, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged #PennReport, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Penn Report, Richard Penn, Simon Hall, The Penn Report, Tony Newman, Westfield
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Part-time Perry’s video nasty leaves out all the gory bits
CROYDON IN CRISIS: This website’s hashtag when describing the choice of a Mayoral system for running the council was #ABitLessShit. In his first 100 days in office, Jason Perry has done his best to prove that having a Tory Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Hibberd, Planning, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, South Croydon, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Waitrose confirms closure plan for its George Street store
The cry went out from horrified shoppers all across Croydon: “But where am I to get my lemongrass?” Waitrose, the supermarket of choice for all those eager young professionals paying over-the-odds for “executive apartments” in Croydon town centre, this morning … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business
Tagged Croydon, George Street, Hammersfield, Hammerson, John Lewis, Waitrose, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Mayor bids for £20m funding with old and failed projects
Our Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, on an optimistic wish list for a handful of cosmetic schemes around the town centre Part-time Mayor Jason Perry’s pitch for £20million of “levelling up” money from the Tory government is “just a re-hash … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Cycling, Environment, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, TfL, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged College Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Department for Levelling Up, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Levelling Up, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Roman Way, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Founder of Secret Cinema makes bid to move in to Allders
EXCLUSIVE: The old department store could be about to get a new lease of life with ‘immersive’ performances of movies such as Dirty Dancing, Blade Runner or Guardians of the Galaxy. By STEVEN DOWNES Fabien Riggall, the man who has … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Allders, Art, Business, Cinema, CPO, Croydon Council, Dance, Music, Planning, Secret Cinema, Theatre, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Conservative, Croydon Council, Fabian Riggall, Hammersfield, Hammerson, London Borough of Croydon, Secret Cinema, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon 2021: Macarnage, Fairfield fiasco and dropped Bricks
DID WE HAVE NEWS FOR YOU: Summer in south London’s rottenest borough saw simmering scandals over Brick by Brick and the Fairfield Halls fiasco grab national notoriety, and someone at the council finally admitted that the misconceived Westfield scheme was … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", BH Live, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Neil Chandler, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Brick by Brick, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Purley, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Boxpark boss wants to take on Whitgift Centre redevelopment
Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, on the latest opportunistic comments from a business owner who claims a ‘track record’ of handling the local council The entrepreneur behind Boxpark claims that he is ready to step in and take over the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Centrale, CPO, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Roger Wade, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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By taking away the buses, they’ve cut off shops in town centre
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As the council abandons 10 years of delusion over the retail regeneration of the town centre, regular reader LEWIS WHITE, right, goes on a shopping trip to witness the state of the Whitgift Centre for himself I popped … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Debenhams, Surrey Street, TfL, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Lewis White, West Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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