Category Archives: Segas House

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 →

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Chinese developers buy Nestlé Tower in £60m property deal

Posted on March 22, 2017 by insidecroydon

Nestlé Tower, SEGAS House and St George’s Walk in Croydon town centre have been sold to a Chinese development company in a £60million deal. Property Week is reporting that R&F Properties has made the move, its first venture into European … Continue reading →

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Car park gallery will force drivers to use Hammersfield spaces

Posted on April 17, 2016 by insidecroydon

Bit by bit, the Whitgift and Westfield takeover of the town centre continues, aided and abetted as usual by our pliant councillors. It has been announced – via a news report in Architects’ Journal – that part of the Fairfield … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Business, Croydon College, Delancey, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Planning, Rise Gallery, Segas House, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Architect offers fresh perspective on our ‘mini-Manhattan’

Posted on February 19, 2016 by insidecroydon

‘Imagine a world full of towns like Croydon – uniformed commercial utility. Croydon was built by capitalism to reiterate capitalism. It makes people servile. Croydon is deathtown’* The Architecture Foundation know how to sell a thing, don’t they?

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Homes worth living in need to provide space to breathe

Posted on December 29, 2015 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: If the thousands of new homes planned for the town centre lack meaningful green space, we risk creating the favelas of the future, warns LEWIS WHITE It is worth thinking about who actually buys flats. I am basically … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Broad Green, Delancey, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Nestle Tower, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property, Segas House | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Delancey plan for another 1,000 flats around Nestlé Tower

Posted on December 20, 2015 by insidecroydon

When does “regeneration” become “over-development”? Central Croydon may be able to offer answers to that question by the end of this decade, after the latest development announcement which includes another 1,000 flats in and around St George’s Walk, Segas House … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Environment, Planning, Property, Segas House, Whitgift Centre | 9 Comments

New school to be ‘sealed off’ from Purley Way’s polluted air

Posted on November 27, 2015 by insidecroydon

Pass the inhaler: this will have you gasping, and not in a good way. The sight of children, some as young as five, walking to or from their school wearing anti-pollution masks could soon be a commonplace on the streets … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Cycling, Education, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Health, Jason Perry, Joy Prince, Parking, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Schools, Segas House, Transport, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Segas House school scheme dropped over Minerva sale price

Posted on January 20, 2015 by insidecroydon

“A victory for commonsense”, to borrow from the UKIP/Freedom Association/Tax-payers Alliance handbook of handy, populist, yet empty statements. But the decision to convert Segas House into a primary school has been binned. The very notion was ludicrous. It was put … Continue reading →

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Five good reasons why we should treasure this Art Deco gem

Posted on October 14, 2014 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Yesterday, David Callam explained why Segas House is wholly inappropriate to be used for a primary school, while questioning the architectural merit of the listed building. Here, LEWIS WHITE, a chartered landscape architect from Coulsdon, champions its Art … Continue reading →

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Long overdue that we found proper future for Segas House

Posted on October 13, 2014 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: According to senior sources at the Town Hall, the scheme to convert the Grade II-listed Segas House into a primary school, the brainchild during the previous Tory council of Tim Pollard, has been abandoned because the building would … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Croydon Council, David Callam, Education, Planning, Schools, Segas House | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 15 Comments