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Croydon's skyline has been built up mostly since the mid-20th century. No. 1 Croydon held the title of tallest structure in Croydon for 38 years until Altitude 25 is built. This was replaced in 2016 by Saffron Square, a 2016 Carbuncle Cup-nominated high-rise completed as part of Croydon Vision 2020. Other high-rise buildings proposed to be ...
Upon completion, Saffron Square was the tallest residential tower in Croydon, with 414 private apartments and penthouses, overtaken in 2019 by 101 George Street. [ 6 ] Saffron Tower was nominated for the 2016 Carbuncle Cup for the ugliest building of the previous 12 months, [ 7 ] but the award went to Lincoln Plaza in Docklands.
The Island (also known as Newgate Tower, [2] and previously ISLAND [3] and IYLO) is a residential skyscraper in the London Borough of Croydon, London.In 2018, the building's 17th-floor penthouse apartment was described as the "most expensive flat in Croydon".
Real estate is a significant feature of the economy of the United Kingdom, and regulated according to Scottish and English land law.The real estate market in the United Kingdom is the largest or second-largest in Europe (after Germany) depending on the method of measurement.
In 2021, Kwajo Tweneboa, a 22 year old tenant of the Eastfields Estate in south London started a social media campaign to force the group to do repairs after waiting 18 months in a flat with no ceiling in the main room, mouldy walls, an infestation of vermin, water streaming through light fittings, and asbestos. David Orr, who chaired the Good ...
The Croydon council agreed in February 2013 to switch the use of the building from offices to housing. [6] Architect firm EPR Architects was hired to redesign the building. [ 7 ] However, in September 2015, no work was done to advance on the housing project, leading London property developer Minerva to buy the tower for £10 million to ...
No. 1 Croydon (formerly the NLA Tower, and colloquially the 50p Building, the Weddingcake or the Threepenny bit building) [1] is a tall building at 12–16 Addiscombe Road, Croydon, Greater London, next to East Croydon station. It was designed by Richard Seifert & Partners and completed in 1970. It has 24 storeys and is 269 feet (82 m) high.
In 2023, the borough was ranked first in Rightmove's Happy at Home index, making it the "happiest place to live in Great Britain"; the first time a London borough has taken the top spot. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] History