Category Archives: Growth Zone

Tory Perry launches ‘Urban Room’ where nothing’s happening

Posted on November 13, 2023 by insidecroydon

Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, reports on the latest half-cock initiative from the council to ‘revive’ the ailing town centre: an insta account and a desperate plea for ideas from the public Mayor Jason Perry’s latest feeble effort to somehow … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Pelling, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Growth Zone, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Planning, Ria Patel, Secret Cinema, Stiles Harold Williams, TfL, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Nestlé Tower’s fate could lie with Hong Kong liquidation case

Posted on October 31, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: A case brought in the Hong Kong High Court this week could end any hope of the resumption of works on a £500m town centre development. By STEVEN DOWNES The property speculation and development blight that has … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Fairfield, Growth Zone, Housing, Nestle Tower, Planning, Property, St George's Walk | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

What will the ‘new’ Westfield deal really mean for Croydon?

Posted on April 28, 2023 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES outlines some of the likely consequences of this week’s announcement that Paris-based Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield have bought out their former partners Hammerson for the redevelopment of the town centre In all the flurry of civic excitement over the announcement that … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Westfield non-developers facing £5m fine for failed supermall

Posted on January 24, 2023 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council concedes it is virtually powerless over land-owners and developers for long-delayed regeneration scheme, as influential scrutiny chair admits her committee is not convinced things will change. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The company formed 10 years ago … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

Greystar looking at possible third tower twins for town centre

Posted on January 24, 2023 by insidecroydon

Plans for a £500million 69-storey residential tower at One Lansdowne Road have been dumped, as the original landowners have instead sold the site to the American developers behind the world’s tallest prefabs, the black towers near East Croydon Station. Guildhouse … Continue reading →

Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Business, College Tower/Enclave, Fairfield, Growth Zone, Housing, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Westfield wants to revive plans for Croydon’s blighted centre

Posted on May 18, 2022 by insidecroydon

More than three years after shelving their £1.4bn scheme for the town centre, the developers’ monster mall is back on the drawing board – but with significant differences. By STEVEN DOWNES Like a Frankenstein monster after being given a shot … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, House of Fraser, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 33 Comments

Chinese whispers increase fears for £500m Queen’s Square

Posted on February 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

The stalled regeneration of the town centre has suffered yet another blow, possibly a terminal one to a project worth half-billion-pound, which centres on refurbishing the landmark Nestlé Tower, and was seen as among the most significant developments proposed for … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Growth Zone, Housing, Jo Negrini, Nestle Tower, Planning, Property, Segas House, St George's Walk, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Hong Kong finance crisis could hit £500m Nestlé Tower scheme

Posted on September 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Work on an ‘iconic’ town centre tower block seems to have been halted, as reports from China suggest the company behind the project may be struggling. By STEVEN DOWNES There are growing fears that another multi-million-pound town … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Housing, Nestle Tower, Property, Segas House, St George's Walk | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

After billions in regeneration deals, might Bingle eye Croydon?

Posted on August 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

STEVEN DOWNES on the man behind one of London’s biggest lobbying firms, a former senior figure at ‘the PR firm for despots and rogues’ In Southwark, activists who have been campaigning against a massive transfer of public property over to … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Paul Scott, Planning, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Council concedes the end of its retail dream for town centre

Posted on August 16, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Do you feel ‘fortunate’ that the long-promised, council-backed scheme to regenerate the town centre has flopped? Because that’s the spin that Town Hall chiefs are putting on the collapse of the project and the end of a … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Heather Cheesbrough, Jo Negrini, Oliver Lewis, Planning, Sarah Hayward, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Westfield is ‘too little, too late’ to save Croydon town centre

Posted on August 13, 2019 by insidecroydon

With more than 1,200 empty units in the borough already, traders say that the development blight caused by lengthy delays by supermall operators has turned Croydon into ‘a retail graveyard’. MT WALLETTE reports A shiny new Westfield shopping centre, promised … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Jo Negrini, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 10 Comments

This is what £12,500 of council money pays towards at MIPIM

Posted on March 21, 2017 by insidecroydon

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, went undercover last week, and disguised as Charles Aznavour he sneaked into the London Pavilion at the MIPIM property conference in Cannes to find out what was being said, apparently on behalf of the people … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Gavin Barwell, Growth Zone, Jo Negrini, Planning, Queens Gardens, Rise Gallery, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Council £500m Growth Zone plan includes Croydon’s 39 Steps

Posted on July 11, 2016 by insidecroydon

WALTER CRONXITE, our man in the public gallery with a Yorkie bar and a half-completed crossword puzzle in the Metro, reports on Croydon Council’s modernisation scheme and its stern warning to developers Westfield Croydon Council will tonight launch its own … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Growth Zone, Housing, Jo Negrini, Parking, Planning, Property, TfL, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment