The Poundstretcher store in Woolwich is set to be knocked down and replaced with a six-storey block containing 156 co-living homes – and work could start this year. Greenwich Council’s planning board approved the scheme, which councillors were told would improve the look of Beresford Square, at its meeting last week. The block, which would […]
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Bob’s Your Uncle! Tasty rent deal for Woolwich market square’s café
Greenwich Council has found a new operator for the new café in Woolwich’s revamped market square – but for less rent than it was hoping for. Bob’s Your Uncle, which has branches in Eltham and South Croydon, has been selected as the preferred operator for the space in the new pavilion on Beresford Square, which […]
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Open House Festival to show off Woolwich’s new-look market square
The architects behind the transformation of Beresford Square will be returning to Woolwich next month as part of the Open House Festival. The team from LDA Design, who redesigned the square for Greenwich Council, will be talking about their work in the event, which is one of over 700 taking place across London between September […]
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Woolwich’s Poundstretcher store could be replaced by 160 co-living homes
Woolwich’s Poundstretcher store and a neighbouring shop could be pulled down and replaced with 160 co-living homes. The developers behind the scheme, Buccleuch Property and Packaged Living, announced that they had bought the site on Beresford Square earlier this year and held a brief consultation in May. Now plans to tear down the old supermarket […]
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Works in Woolwich to restart ‘as soon as possible’ after contractor collapses
Greenwich Council has insisted work on revamping Woolwich town centre will resume “as soon as possible” after the construction company in charge of the scheme collapsed. Geoffrey Osborne Ltd called in administrators on Tuesday, with the loss of 100 jobs at its head office in Surrey. It had been given the contract to refurbish Powis […]
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Traders ‘had no choice’ as Woolwich’s market stalls moved on from Greens End
Stalls in Woolwich Market are being back to their historic home in Beresford Square later this month – but one trader says he’s facing a drop in trade because of the shift. Greenwich Council is to move the stalls from Greens End towards the old Royal Arsenal gate on 24 September, after originally relocating them […]
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