Category Archives: “Hammersfield”

Westfield deny any deal is done for town centre John Lewis

Posted on September 22, 2017 by

Our retailing correspondent, M.T. WALLETTE, dampens down recent speculation arising from a speech from a director of the shopping mall developers Westfield today denied reports on social media that one of its most senior executives had announced that a deal … Continue reading →

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TfL’s £28m tram loop that benefits no one but Westfield

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: VALERIE HUNTER has been digging into Transport for London’s documents on its plans to impose a new loop of tram track around the town centre. And she’s found the scheme is not all that the City Hall transport … Continue reading →

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Brexit uncertainties that could make Westfield a retail dinosaur

Posted on July 23, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The on-going delays, and John Lewis’s annual report, do not inspire DAVID WICKENS with confidence over Westfield’s £1.4billion town centre scheme “Our time is now” is a council slogan linked to regeneration. It has not exactly started on … Continue reading →

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Westfield delaying while they seek key deal with John Lewis

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

EXCLUSIVE: Our retailing correspondent, M.T. WALLETTE, reports on the Godot-like wait for an anchor tenant for Hammersfield’s not-so-supermall Westfield have delayed re-submitting their plans for the £1.4billion redevelopment of the town centre and Whitgift Centre because are they are still … Continue reading →

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Clas Ohlson the latest in retail exodus from Whitgift Centre

Posted on July 7, 2017 by

M.T. WALLETTE, our shop-till-she-drops retailing correspondent, on the latest nail in the coffin of the town centre mall The development blight suffered in the town centre over the last five years since Gavin Barwell and Boris Johnson brought Westfield to … Continue reading →

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Now council’s housing developer snubs its Place Review Panel

Posted on June 28, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on how the borough’s Council Tax-payers are providing another nice little earner for the Town Hall  CEO’s chums In the eight months since council chief executive Jo Negrini unveiled Croydon’s Place Review Panel, it has … Continue reading →

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Man In The Eye: Gavin Barwell (Part 94) (Part 2)

Posted on June 28, 2017 by

From today’s edition of Private Eye magazine (available at all good newsagents. And some not so good ones, too).

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