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Category Archives: CPO
Council’s land grab has ‘destroyed our lives’ says trader
The council’s handling of the Compulsory Purchase Order for the former Allders building is driving dozens of businesses to the brink of collapse and even putting traders’ homes at risk, according to one who has been locked out of their … Continue reading
Council’s CPO move on Allders building faces court challenge
Croydon Council was being taken to court this afternoon by lawyers acting for the lease-holder of Croydon Outlet Village – based in the building better remembered as Allders – in what has become an increasingly acrimonious dispute over the ownership … Continue reading
Ruskin Square and Westfield in battle to secure Home Office
Multi-billion-pound developments in central Croydon could be forced to go head-to-head in a battle to secure the Home Office as tenants for their office buildings. According to a report published this morning by Property Week magazine, the Home Office is … 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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Ghosts of Christmas past come to haunt the Whitgift Centre
Were we just imagining it, or was the crackling muzak in the Whitgift Centre really playing a version of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’? Perhaps it was someone’s idea of a joke. Meanwhile, KEN TOWL has gone all Bob Cratchit on us … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Ken Towl, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Ken Towl, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Brent Cross takes a £1.4bn hit as Hammerson signals a go-slow
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
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, House of Fraser, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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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
Council CPO report confirms 2023 target date for Westfield
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
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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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 have run down the CPO clock on £1.4bn scheme
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
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Property, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Paul Scott, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Westfield deny any deal is done for town centre John Lewis
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
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Hammersfield, Hammerson, John Lewis, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Council’s planning department groaning under workload strain
Croydon’s planning department, confronted with a massive workload in the borough’s relentless drive for redevelopment, is struggling under the strain with an exodus of experienced senior employees from an already understaffed office, and reports of some officials being reduced to … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, CPO, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Wetherspoons buy pub next to Whitgift Centre in £4m deal
The public house on George Street which has pictures on its wall depicting Croydon “Corruption” and “Regeneration” has been subject to a multi-million-pound property deal, potentially to take advantage of an uplift in real estate values because of the council’s … Continue reading
Posted in Business, CPO, History, Property, Pubs, Whitgift Centre
Tagged George Street, Hammersfield, Hammerson, The George pub, Westfield, Wetherspoons, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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For she’s a jolly good fellow, but no one seems to know why
Jo Negrini, Croydon Council’s new chief executive, has been made an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Trouble is, no one seems to know quite why… RIBA made its announcement of its latest 18 fellows yesterday, when … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Brick by Brick, CPO, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, RIBA, Saffron Square, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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