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Category Archives: John Burton
Hammerson’s annual report could be bad news for Croydon
BARRATT HOLMES, our over-development correspondent, has been skimming through the trade press and found a damning verdict on the prospects for Croydon town centre One of the best-read commentators on the commercial property market says that he cannot ever see … Continue reading
Further Westfield delays put more pressure on CEO Negrini
It is six years to the day since Westfield and Hammerson said that, jointly, they would redevelop central Croydon. KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the increasingly beleaguered mood among senior council figures Croydon Council’s chief executive, Jo Negrini, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Tony Newman, Veolia, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, New Addington, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Council has contingency plan for ‘blighted’ Westfield scheme
The council is readying itself for a ‘hard Crexit’ over a £1.4bn town centre redevelopment, according to industry watchers. By WALTER CRONXITE There could be a further delay of two more years, to 2025, before the new Westfield shopping mall … Continue reading
Director behind Westfield’s £1.4bn Croydon scheme set to leave
John Burton, the Aussie businessman who has driven shopping mall developer Westfield’s schemes at Stratford, Shepherd’s Bush and, more recently and seemingly with the handbrake left on, in Croydon, is to leave the company. Burton’s decision to return to his … Continue reading
Full statement from Westfield and Hammerson on John Lewis
Here is the statement issued this morning by the Croydon Partnership which has been working since 2012 on the redevelopment scheme for the Whitgift Centre and Centrale in central Croydon: The Croydon Partnership, the joint venture between Westfield and Hammerson, … Continue reading
Westfield finally clinch John Lewis deal for £1.4bn development
Croydon’s new shopping mall now won’t open until 2023 – more than a decade after the project was first unveiled. M.T. WALLETTE, our retailing correspondent, on today’s long-delayed ‘major milestone’ announcement Westfield and Hammerson this morning broke a near-six-month silence … Continue reading
Planning chair failed to make public declaration over Westfield
STEVEN DOWNES reports on a business connection between one of the Labour council’s leading figures and developers with a £1.4bn scheme in the town centre Paul Scott, the chair of the council’s planning committee, today admitted that the firm of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Council, John Burton, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Westfield takeover is a ‘positive’. Newman’s positive about that
MT WALLETTE, our Francophone retailing correspondent, on council efforts to pass off a pig’s ear as a silk purse (there has to be some trading standards regulations about that…) The multi-billion-pound takeover of Westfield, the shopping centre developers who have … Continue reading
Westfield takeover raises uncertainties for Croydon mall
There’s renewed uncertainty over the future of the Croydon town centre redevelopment by Westfield, after the developers’ parent company announced in Sydney overnight that it is the subject of a £18.5billion takeover bid from French company Unibail-Rodamco. The deal, which … Continue reading
Feeble council unquestioningly gives green light to Westfield
BARRATT HOLMES says ‘I told you so’ The decision of the council’s planning committee to give the go-ahead to the £1.4billion Hammersfield supermall last night was such a foregone conclusion that the Town Hall press team – never known for … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Westfield confirms another five years of blight in town centre
Croydon Council has spent more public money on a new slogan, two years after the last one. But as WALTER CRONXITE reports, there are risks involved when senior councillors claim to be ‘Delivering for Croydon’ and a £1.4bn flagship development … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Planning, Stiles Harold Williams, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Council is spending thousands to hire image consultants
Croydon’s Labour-run council, which is laying off around 600 workers in the latest round of cost-cutting, has nevertheless managed to scrape together around £70,000 – possibly more – to hire a firm of consultants to try to improve the place’s … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Planning, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Tony Danaher, Westfield
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Newman goes big on promises on jobs, homes and investment
Is it mandatory to take large quantities of hallucinogenic drugs on assuming a senior position at Croydon Council or taking political office at the Town Hall? We only ask because it seems Tony Newman, the council leader, has been on … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Nathan Elvery, RIF, Tony Newman, URV, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Develop Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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