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Category Archives: Ruskin Square
Negrini and her staff ready for sunny reunions at MIPIM
“It’s a junket on the taxpayers and people don’t want to see highly paid council officials swanning around the French Riviera.” That’s what Tony Newman said six years ago, when the Croydon Labour leader was in opposition and was rightly … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield
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Boxpark’s £3m loan under threat if summer opening is delayed
It’s not just the trains which are running late at East Croydon. So is the planned opening date for Boxpark. Croydon was chosen to be the second location of the retail mall made from shipping containers, following the original Boxpark … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Property, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Jo Negrini, Labour, Roger Wade, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
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Council official who brought Boxpark to Croydon has now got a top job with… Boxpark
A council official who was involved at a high level in key redevelopment schemes, which in the past six months have also included making a £3 million public finance loan to tempt Boxpark to set up next to East Croydon … Continue reading
TfL’s loopy scheme will strangle town centre to a stand-still
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Multi-million pound proposals for the trams in the town centre could see the Croydon road network being gridlocked, says bus passenger VALERIE HUNTER According to Transport for London, the improvements – new platforms and more frequent services – … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Business, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, New Addington South, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, TfL, Transport for London, Wellesley Road, West Croydon, Westfield
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Boxpark announced food plan after getting £3m council loan
Croydon Council’s £3 million loan of public cash to persuade Boxpark to set up a pop-up shopping mall alongside East Croydon Station was made in the expectation that the retail outlet would be a mixed development of trend-setting fashion stores … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Julie Belvir, Menta Tower, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Ruskin Square
Tagged Boxpark, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman
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Lend Lease land £40m deal to build Metro Bank HQ
Builders Lend Lease have been given the £40 million construction contract to build the first office block at Ruskin Square, the site alongside East Croydon Station. The building will be the headquarters office for Metro Bank, who are moving from … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, East Croydon, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged Addiscombe West, East Croydon station, Ruskin Square, Schroder Stanhope, Stanhope
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Boxpark loan deal turns councillors into a bunch of bankers
£3 million. So now we know how much tax-payers’ money it takes to bring a decent-sized business to the town centre. The Croydon Guardian reports that Croydon Council has gone into the banking business, making a £3 million loan to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Boxpark, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Addiscombe West, Boxpark, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Nathan Elvery, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Sign up here to buy an East Croydon flat for a mere £401,000
Fancy buying a new, two-bed flat, with delightful views over the London-to-Brighton railway line, and all for a little more than £400,000? Then this is your chance. “Vita”, the first residential development at Ruskin Square, right next to East Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Central, East Croydon, ECCO, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, East Croydon station, Fairfield, Ruskin Square, Tory, Vita
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£621,000 is price for a flat in Croydon’s Poor Doors scheme
Inside Croydon was banned from yesterday’s “pre-launch” of Vita, the yuppie flats development with Poor Doors being built in Ruskin Square. So these are the pictures, and the pricing details, which Places for People – who are managing the development … Continue reading
Poor Doors planned for Ruskin Square’s ‘Vita’ apartments
The first phase of residential development at Ruskin Square, on the prestigious gateway site next to East Croydon Station, is to include controversial Poor Doors for the residents of the 36 “affordable” apartments included in the scheme. Places for People, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Taberner House
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Fairfield, Labour, Ruskin Square, Vita
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Work underway to get Boxpark to pop-up in summer 2016
Boxpark, the pop-up retail centre built from disused shipping containers, will open alongside East Croydon Station with up to 80 shops, fashionable boutiques and cafes next summer, it was confirmed this morning. Work is to begin immediately, and around 200 … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, GLA, Greater London Authority, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Nathan Elvery, Ruskin Square, Schroders, Stanhope, Westfield
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International playwriting festival at Fairfield Halls, June 6-7
The Warehouse Theatre’s 2015 International Playwriting Festival will take place at the new studio theatre at the Fairfield Halls on June 6 and 7. The deadline for entries for this year’s competition has been extended to March 15. The IPF … Continue reading
Posted in Art, East Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Ruskin Square, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Warehouse Theatre
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By Jupiter! Is Whitehall considering a move to Fisher’s Folly?
A government department is looking to move into a 250,000 square foot office building in East Croydon, according to reports in the commercial property trade press this week. And the only relatively new office block in the vicinity offering that … Continue reading
Boris’s TfL goes all loopy for Westfield over tram extension
Another day, another public “consultation”, this time brought to us by Transport for London, and about the Croydon trams. No, don’t get too excited: Boris hasn’t suddenly found a few mill down the side of his sofa to pay for … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Commuting, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Fairfield, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Tory, Tram, Tramlink, Westfield
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Council gambles millions with “Son of CCURV” scheme
Given recent experience, Croydon councillors more than most should realise that using public money to gamble rarely ends happily. But like a losing punter chasing after his losses, Croydon Council, now under a Labour administration, is going back to the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, CCURV, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Revolving Investment Fund, RIF, Ruskin Square, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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East Croydon’s new platforms put borough on track for growth
East Croydon Station is to get two new platforms to help it cope with the increased number of passengers anticipated in a plan for growth by the Labour council, which forecasts 16,000 new jobs being created in the borough and … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, URV
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Gatwick Airport, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
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The Commitment: a new work at the Warehouse Theatre?
Ted Craig, the director of the Warehouse Theatre at East Croydon which was forced to close two years ago, has warmly welcomed the news, reported by Inside Croydon, that Ruskin Square developers Stanhope are keen to stand by their pledge … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Comedy, Fairfield Halls, Music, Property, Ruskin Square, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Ruskin Square, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Opportunity knocked as council halts office conversions
Croydon’s Labour council is putting its pro-business reputation on the line by calling a halt to the often lucrative conversion of the borough’s empty offices into housing. Last week, owners and occupiers of office buildings in what the council has … Continue reading
