Category Archives: John Burton

Hammerson’s annual report could be bad news for Croydon

Posted on February 22, 2020 by

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 →

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Further Westfield delays put more pressure on CEO Negrini

Posted on January 17, 2019 by

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 →

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Council has contingency plan for ‘blighted’ Westfield scheme

Posted on August 7, 2018 by

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 →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, House of Fraser, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , | 13 Comments

Financial Times predicts Hammerson will sell stake in Croydon

Posted on July 23, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on how more boardroom manoeuvring is threatening the long-delayed redevelopment of the town centre There may be clear blue skies over Croydon during this long, hot summer, but there’s a dark cloud of uncertainty sitting right above … Continue reading →

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Director behind Westfield’s £1.4bn Croydon scheme set to leave

Posted on July 4, 2018 by

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 →

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Full statement from Westfield and Hammerson on John Lewis

Posted on May 31, 2018 by

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 →

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Westfield finally clinch John Lewis deal for £1.4bn development

Posted on May 31, 2018 by

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 →

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