Category Archives: CPO

Brent Cross takes a £1.4bn hit as Hammerson signals a go-slow

Posted on July 25, 2018 by

High Street closures and Brexit uncertainties mean that retail landlord Hammerson is getting cold feet over redevelopment schemes for its shopping centres around the capital. WALTER CRONXITE reports Hammerson has shelved its plans for the £1.4billion redevelopment of its Brent … 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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Council CPO report confirms 2023 target date for Westfield

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

M.T. WALLETTE, our retail correspondent, on how some of the Whitgift Centre’s tenants are insisting on being bought out through a Compulsory Purchase Order Last night’s council cabinet meeting confirmed that the £1.4billion redevelopment of the Whitgift Centre won’t be … Continue reading →

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Westfield’s 20% affordable housing ‘unacceptable’ to GLA

Posted on November 17, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES on a serious problem with the £1.4billion development in the town centre which was given planning permission – for a second time – by the council this week London Mayor Sadiq Khan is likely to demand almost twice … Continue reading →

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Feeble council unquestioningly gives green light to Westfield

Posted on November 15, 2017 by

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 →

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Westfield have run down the CPO clock on £1.4bn scheme

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES on the charade of a planning meeting to take place at the Town Hall tonight The long-delayed re-application for planning permission by Westfield and Hammerson – “The Croydon Partners” – for a £1.4billion redevelop-ment of the ageing Whitgift … Continue reading →

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Newman holds meeting with ministers over Westfield’s delays

Posted on October 17, 2017 by

By Ken Lee, Town Hall correspondent Tony Newman, the Labour leader of the council, was missing from the Town Hall for last night’s extraordinary meeting on the state of the borough’s children’s services. Apparently, he had more important matters to … Continue reading →

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