Aviva Igloo Fund’s Bermondsey Square up for sale for £34m June 26, 2014 Aviva’s Igloo Fund has appointed property agents Knight Frank to put its mixed-use development in Bermondsey up for sale, with a price tag of £34m. The development at Bermondsey Square is already fully let and includes an 80-bed boutique hotel as well as 35,000 square feet of offices, shops and 76 homes. It also has [...]
Bermondsey has City professionals lined up for homes May 8, 2014 “Spa” development hopes to revive former industrial heartland LONDON Bridge and Borough have secured their place in the capital as desirable residential locations. But the fate of its neighbour, Bermondsey, is yet to be secured. As a former industrial heartland in London, a sizeable portion of its housing stock is made up of warehouse conversions [...]
Why wait till Christmas? May 6, 2014 Visiting the US convinced Village East’s Toby Stuart of the value of turkey This turkey confit recipe was inspired by a trip to Chicago last summer. It’s a very vibrant city with some of the best chefs in the world working there. The top end of the market is phemomenal but you’ve also got places [...]
Tube strike disruption starts this morning after talks with union failed April 28, 2014 LONDONERS are this morning facing the first full day of disruption on the Tube, following the RMT union’s decision to strike for 48 hours. London Underground workers began walkouts at 9pm last night, and Transport for London said services will not get back to normal until Thursday morning. A second wave of strike action is [...]
How to get around if the tube strike goes ahead April 28, 2014 • BAKERLOO TfL hopes to run trains between Queen’s Park and Elephant & Castle around every six minutes in both directions. Not stopping at Edgware Road, Embankment, Kilburn Park, Lambeth North, Maida Vale, Piccadilly Circus or Regent’s Park. • CENTRAL No service would operate through the central area. TfL plans to run trains between Epping [...]
Getting property back in business April 24, 2014 As residential prices soar, developers are turning commercial spaces into homes THE DARK dark satanic mills of William Blake’s Jerusalem were once a dominant fixture in the bustling life of industrial London. It wasn’t that long ago that the city produced condiments like sugar, honey, jam and vinegar, while warehouses stored valuable goods that were [...]
Most Londoners are now won over by the Shard April 14, 2014 It turns out Londoners are becoming quite attached to the Shard. The 87-storey skyscraper has been dubbed a “towering icon of inequality” and “the tallest white elephant in the world” in the past, but most Londoners – 57 per cent – think it’s changed the capital’s skyline for the better, according to a new YouGov poll. [...]
Hitchcock’s studio exudes theatrical chic as new home March 13, 2014 Melissa York goes behind the scenes in Hoxton to discover what’s become of a former film set WHAT do you get when you combine the legacy of Alfred Hitchcock’s film studio with one of the most dramatic views over London? Answer: Gainsborough Studios West, based alongside Regent’s Canal in Hoxton. Everything from its rooftop terrace [...]
How to get around during the Tube strike February 10, 2014 BAKERLOO TfL hopes to run trains between Queen’s Park and Elephant & Castle around every six minutes in both directions. Not stopping at Edgware Road, Embankment, Kilburn Park, Lambeth North, Maida Vale, Piccadilly Circus or Regent’s Park. CENTRAL No service would operate through the central area. TfL plans to run trains between Epping and Leytonstone [...]
London faces second day of strike misery February 5, 2014 A SECOND day of strike action on the Tube is set to bring further travel woe to commuters today, as part of a union dispute with Transport for London that business groups have slammed. Around a third of all Tube services ran yesterday, with eight of the 11 lines operating for most of the day. [...]