The redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre has been put on hold – halting plans to build hundreds of flats, student accommodation and a new mall. Landsec, the owner of the centre, said it was “deprioritising” the scheme because of current economic conditions and the opposition of Lewisham’s elected Green mayor, Liam Shrivastava, to the plans […]
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Lewisham’s Model Market ‘set to reopen this year’ as shopping centre impasse goes on
Lewisham’s Model Market is on track to reopen later this year, its new operator has said, even though the site is still sitting empty months after it was first supposed to have opened its gates. The food and drink spot, which closed in 2021, is due to be revived as part of plans to redevelop […]
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Campaigners want council to halt Lewisham Shopping Centre redevelopment
Campaigners hoping to halt the redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre want the borough’s new Green council to stop a potential compulsory purchase of the old Citibank tower. Save Lewisham Shopping Centre wants more affordable housing added to the £1.5 billion redevelopment. Councillors approved the scheme in October, and that decision was rubber-stamped by the council’s […]
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Lewisham’s Model Market to reopen in ‘late summer’ with German Kraft in charge
Lewisham’s revived Model Market will open in “late summer” with the German Kraft brewery in charge of the operation, its owners have announced. Plans to bring back the much-loved street food market were announced last year, with the developer LandSec, which owns the site and the shopping centre, pledging to open up this spring. But […]
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Boots gets new store as Lewisham redevelopment moves forward
Boots has moved into a new store in Lewisham Shopping Centre as preparations for the mall’s redevelopment go on. The health and beauty chain moved into the old Wilko store at the centre of the mall on Wednesday, adding more consultation rooms and boasting optician and hearing care services. A £1.5 billion redevelopment is planned […]
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Lewisham shopping centre development set to inch forward with council deal
Plans to knock down Lewisham shopping centre and replace it with 1,700 homes and a new mall are set to take a small but vital step forward next week when plans for the council to compulsorily purchase the Citibank tower are discussed. Lewisham councillors backed the plans, put forward by the shopping centre’s owner Landsec, […]
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Lewisham’s Model Market to return after five years away
Lewisham’s Model Market will be reopening in the spring, five years after the street food area last traded. LandSec, the developer which in October won permission to rebuild Lewisham Shopping Centre with 1,700 new homes, is promising “a hub for independent kitchens, local makers and creative spaces”. The company is asking local independent traders to […]
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Lewisham Shopping Centre redevelopment approved amid angry scenes
Plans to demolish Lewisham shopping centre and replace it with 1,700 homes and a new mall were backed by councillors on Thursday night amid angry scenes in the public gallery. Two councillors who had expressed critical or sceptical views about the development were barred from voting on the decision after the meeting restarted without them […]
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