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The London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) was a quango agency set up by the UK Government in 1981 to regenerate the depressed Docklands area of east London. [1] During its seventeen-year existence, it was responsible for regenerating an area of 22 square kilometres (8.5 sq mi) in the London Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets and Southwark.
A local public library, called Idea Store Canary Wharf, is in Churchill Place shopping mall and run by Tower Hamlets Council which opened on Thursday 16 March 2006 as part of the Idea Store project [101] and is the borough fourth Idea Store. [102] Cinema. Canary Wharf hosts two multiplexes (cinemas), one on West India Quay run by Cineworld.
In July 2024 the Canary Wharf Group and QIA announced plans on redeveloping the property. This would take place after HSBC vacate the property in 2027. The plans involve repurposing the building for multipurpose use. This would include space for retail, leisure, and residential use.
Boris Johnson promised that the development would be the "next Canary Wharf", serving as a gateway for Asian and Chinese businesses, creating 20,000 jobs and adding £6 billion to the UK economy. [9] Johnson named the main road serving the development "Mandarin Street" to attract Chinese businesses. [10] Construction officially began in June 2017.
In 2014, Singapore listed Oxley Holdings together with leading developer Ballymore UK have a Joint-Venture to set up a new waterfront township of Royal Wharf, with 3,385 new homes housing over 10,000. This will be a mixed-use development comprising shops, restaurants and even office complexes. The final phase is known as Mariner's Quarter which ...
Night view of Canary Wharf in the Docklands The O2 with Canary Wharf in the background Museum of London Docklands, near Canary Wharf. Efforts to redevelop the docks began almost as soon as they were closed, although it took a decade for most plans to move beyond the drawing board and another decade for redevelopment to take full effect.
Consort Place, formerly known as Alpha Square, is a mixed-use development currently under construction in the Isle of Dogs, London, England, south of the financial district Canary Wharf. Original plans for the development were withdrawn by the developer in 2015 following a recommendation to refuse the scheme by Tower Hamlets Development Committee.
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is the local education authority for state schools within the borough. [73] In January 2008, there were 19,890 primary-school pupils and 15,262 secondary-school pupils attending state schools there. [74] Private-school pupils account for 2.4 per cent of schoolchildren in the borough. [75]