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The Taxman cometh: HMRC signs £200m office lease
The Taxman cometh. HM Revenue and Customs has today signed a 25-year lease for the whole of the first office block to be completed in the Ruskin Square development. The deal could be worth more than £200 million for the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Parking, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square
Tagged East Croydon station, HMRC, Ruskin Square, Stanhope Schroders
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International marketing firm handed contract for Platform
Grey Label, the Croydon-based marketing firm which has, inexplicably, somehow got a stranglehold on lucrative council and developers’ promotion contracts in and around the borough, has lost its deal for one of the town centre’s key developments. The Croydon firm … Continue reading
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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Warehouse Theatre celebrates 30 years of playwriting festival
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the International Playwriting Festival organised by the late and much-lamented Warehouse Theatre. The Warehouse Theatre, housed in an old coal merchants’ warehouse on the edge of what is now the Ruskin Square development, … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Theatre, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Ruskin Square, Stanhope-Schroder, Tory, Warehouse Theatre
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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, East Croydon station, Ruskin Square, Schroder Stanhope, Stanhope
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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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Police arrest Croydon man over burglary from Visitor Centre
Croydon police have made an arrest in the investigation of the tens of thousands of pounds that went missing from the Croydon Visitor Centre in the days (or, more specifically, one afternoon) after its closure earlier this month. As we … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe, Business, Croydon BID, Policing
Tagged Boxpark, Croydon, Croydon BID, East Croydon station, Metropolitan Police, Ruskin Square
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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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This is what £8,000 of public money buys Croydon at MIPIM
When the Conservatives were in power in Croydon, the spending on sending a delegation to Cannes for the annual developers’ champagne “junket” (© Tony Newman) was at least announced at a council meeting in the Town Hall. This year, under … Continue reading
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
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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