Tag Archives: Colonnades

£100m questions on Ali’s ‘transparent, open and honest’ pledge

Posted on February 8, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the growing row over council secrecy over Brick by Brick and the fire sale of property assets The secrecy over the consequences of the council’s plan to wind-down failed housing developer Brick … Continue reading →

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Jenrick issues ‘strongly-worded’ warning over property deals

Posted on January 8, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Government minister targets bankrupt borough when he tells LGA conference ‘Councils shouldn’t make investments for which they are not well-equipped’. By WALTER CRONXITE It seems increasingly likely that Whitehall will insist on Croydon flogging off many of … Continue reading →

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Wood comes knocking with brief to investigate Brick by Brick

Posted on October 29, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Can it really just be coincidence that the troubleshooter appointed to conduct an urgent review of the council also has extensive experience working at one of Jo Negrini’s former boroughs? WALTER CRONXITE reports It seems almost certain … Continue reading →

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Chancellor is taking an axe to councils’ magic money tree

Posted on March 14, 2020 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has more than £1bn of borrowings – half of which has gone on Brick by Brick and the purchase of some commercial properties. Proposals contained in the Budget this week could put an end to that, as KEN … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Bernard Weatherill House, Brick by Brick, Business, Centrale, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Croydon parks, Jo Negrini, New Addington, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

£29m: Croydon tops the table for flogging off public assets

Posted on September 11, 2019 by insidecroydon

With inflated claims of returns from the council’s house-builder being compared to a Ponzi scheme, a former council official says, ‘We are in uncertain times and the risks being taken with public money are huge compared to the marginal potential … Continue reading →

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Councils’ property deals are ‘gambling with public money’

Posted on December 4, 2018 by insidecroydon

Councils across England – including Croydon and Sutton – have between them borrowed billions of pounds of public money to finance the purchase of real estate and commercial properties, a policy which could place some at risk of financial collapse, … Continue reading →

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Colonnades purchase is massive gamble with public money

Posted on November 2, 2018 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Spending millions to buy a private business risks feather bedding property speculators, says DEREK THROWER Under a Conservative government, local authorities, including Croydon Council, are being given public cash to nationalise private assets and land. That’s quite extraordinary … Continue reading →

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Council pays £53m to buy ‘unloved’ Colonnades centre

Posted on November 1, 2018 by insidecroydon

The business “brains” at Fisher’s Folly have gone out and splurged £53million of public money to buy the freehold of the “unloved” and rarely visited Colonnades retail and leisure park – just as industry experts are warning that 200 such … Continue reading →

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TfL pushes through bus route changes despite opposition

Posted on July 31, 2017 by insidecroydon

Transport for London, after running a public consultation which found that a majority of respondents opposed changes to bus routes serving the Purley Way shops and Colonnades, has announced that it will go ahead with its proposals anyway. It means … Continue reading →

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Colonnades new centre will have you flying through the air

Posted on April 10, 2017 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s new trampoline park opens today. MATTHEW GLINSKI put it to the test I spent my weekend flying through the air. I was at the Oxygen Freejumping trampoline park at The Colonnades off the Purley Way, where I found myself … Continue reading →

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Trampoline park puts the bounce back into the Colonnades

Posted on March 30, 2017 by insidecroydon

There’s been a new spring being put into the Colonnades Leisure Park this spring, with a trampoline centre opening there next month.

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