Tag: london city hall
Why office-to-housing conversions are catching on in London
London has awarded its first city subsidy to help convert empty downtown office space into housing.
Vacant core office building owner taps city fund for apartment overhaul
Vacant over the past six years in the heart of downtown London. Ready for occupancy by this fall.
Towers, traffic headaches and one politician’s concerns over ‘bad infill’
Two new towers and more worry about the traffic woes they may exacerbate – both drew the attention on Wednesday of city politicians mulling the future of the west-end intersection of Oxford Street and Wonderland Road. The already-congested cross-street came up twice Wednesday in both council’s civic works committee in the morning, and the planning […]
Pressured by residents, politicians close ‘back door’ to homeless hub
A homeless hub on a south London site was not on the table at London city hall on Wednesday, but politicians voted to make sure it won’t happen later without extra hurdles
16 years after it busted, Springbank Dam saga nears conclusion
The long saga of London’s broken Springbank Dam should be finished by year’s end, almost two decades after it busted during testing.