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Tag Archives: College Green
Developers face £20m bill to under-pin East Croydon towers
After four very tall towers have recently been erected opposite East Croydon Station, residents are questioning whether three more will be too many, reports BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent The developers of the latest 775-flat residential scheme proposed for Croydon town … Continue reading
Developer consults on 775-flat proposal next to Fairfield Halls
Proposals for another 775 flats, including a 38-storey tower, on a two-acre site next to the Fairfield Halls are being laid out for public consultation tomorrow. The scheme is being brought forward by asset managers Delta Properties, who acquired the … Continue reading
Mayor bids for £20m funding with old and failed projects
Our Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, on an optimistic wish list for a handful of cosmetic schemes around the town centre Part-time Mayor Jason Perry’s pitch for £20million of “levelling up” money from the Tory government is “just a re-hash … Continue reading
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Tagged College Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Department for Levelling Up, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Levelling Up, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Roman Way, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Council flogs off hotel for less than £29.8m it cost to buy
CROYDON IN CRISIS: While one Labour MP dines out with a notorious property lobbyist whose employees include the council’s deputy leader, one of the firm’s clients has snapped up the Croydon Park Hotel at a bargain basement price. EXCLUSIVE By … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Callton Young, College Green, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Housing, Improvement Board, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Steve Reed MP, Stuart King
Tagged Brick by Brick, Callton Young, College Green, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon Park Hotel, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Bingle, Steve Reed OBE, STUART KING, Terrapin Group
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Council puts hotel and College Green up for sale for just £40m
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Two prime sites, owned by the council, are the latest public assets to be off-loaded on the cheap. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The cash-strapped council’s fire-sale of public assets continues, with the Croydon Park Hotel and College … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, East Croydon, Housing, Jo Negrini, Property, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, College Green, Colm Lacey, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, East Croydon station, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman
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Bogus ‘consultation’ in Upper Norwood has priorities all wrong
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Late notice, poor connections and several interested residents unable to log-in for last night’s developers’ webinar for College Green. JUNO BAKER says Brick by Brick ‘are using this current crisis as a justification to drive through an extremely … Continue reading
£400m+ scheme at risk after council’s failed property deal
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing reporter, on how bungling by ‘award-winning’ Brick by Brick has put in serious jeopardy half-a-billion-pounds’ worth of new homes, has damaged the Town Hall’s relationship with Croydon College, and leaves a gaping funding hole for Fairfield … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, College Green, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Tory
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How CEO Negrini used council money to promote herself
Here is the text of the ‘sponsored competition’ which appeared on the website of the Architect’s Journal on December 5, just after the publication was announcing that Croydon Council’s Brick by Brick house-builder (which has yet to build a single … Continue reading
College sells Annex building to thwart Cultural Quarter plan
Croydon Council has been accused of ‘incompetence’ after a building it needed as part of a multi-million-pound development has been sold to a private developer. BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports Croydon College has sold part of its site to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Brick by Brick, College Green, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Theatre, Tony Newman
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Newman’s £18m ‘cast-iron guarantee’ that bucks the market
WALTER CRONXITE on how a Labour-run council that says it is committed to housing the homeless meanwhile needs to maximise profits from a property development at College Green The people of Croydon should be worried. Tony Newman has offered what … Continue reading
We need quality homes, not quantity, to avoid ghettoes
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Location. Location. Location. LEWIS WHITE is less concerned about the need to build flats in the redevelopment at College Green, provided they offer enough open spaces and are of the right quality, and not mega-sized tower blocks David … Continue reading
College opens itself up for a day with the community
ANDREW PELLING has yet another good news story, as Croydon College celebrates its first community day on tomorrow It is time to party and to celebrate what Croydon College can offer. With a self-confident disregard for the recent crisis in … Continue reading