Tag Archives: Schroders

Ruskin Square signs government tenant in £300m deal

Posted on April 15, 2020 by

Schroders have announced a multi-million-pound deal with Whitehall to build and rent out a second large office block at Ruskin Square, their £500million development next to East Croydon Station. And in doing so, they may well have pulled the rug … Continue reading →

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Schroders’ £500m Ruskin Square stalls over Westfield doubts

Posted on November 23, 2018 by

Big business is getting twitchy over the slow pace of developments in Croydon, as KEN LEE reports The agenda for the Croydon Labour group brainstorming weekend in Eastbourne this weekend is said to be “thin”. That may be deliberate to … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Jo Negrini, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

International marketing firm handed contract for Platform

Posted on March 7, 2016 by

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 →

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Ruskin Square considered for HMRC’s new tax supercentre

Posted on November 13, 2015 by

Senior officials from Her Majesty’s Customs and Revenues – HMRC – were in Croydon on Wednesday visiting the Ruskin Square development as a potential office location for a new tax supercentre. The Government announced yesterday a plan to close 170 … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Planning, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Metro Bank pulls out of move to £50m Ruskin Square offices

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

A multi-million-pound deal for Metro Bank to bring their global head offices and hundreds of staff to Croydon has collapsed. It was only a few weeks ago that developers Stanhope and their financial backers Schroders, who own Ruskin Square alongside … Continue reading →

Posted in Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Gavin Barwell, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Work underway to get Boxpark to pop-up in summer 2016

Posted on March 12, 2015 by

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 , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Gateway’s uninspired opening with a couple of blocks of flats

Posted on January 14, 2013 by

According to ANDREW PELLING, the first phase of development proposed for the long-vacant Ruskin Square site, in a town crying out for family housing, consists of a couple of ugly blocks of flats that even the architects admit are not … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, IYLO, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, URV | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Theatre is boarded up as developers consider demolition

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

The Warehouse Theatre stands boarded up this morning, any hope of its re-opening even more remote after the owners of the Ruskin Square (non-)development site, Stanhope and Schroders, in midweek exercised a break clause in the lease to take back … Continue reading →

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