Tag: London downtown
London’s downtown office market continues to struggle, even as pandemic eases
London’s office market continued to struggle in the second quarter of this year, even as the impact of the pandemic eased, with more than a quarter of office space in the core remaining empty, states a report from CBRE, a commercial realty firm.
Setting ‘right tone’ key as city embarks on one shot at reopening core: Official
As London prepares for a full-capacity summer after two years of COVID-19, there’s “one chance” to reopen the core and create a vibrant city centre to bring people back downtown, politicians heard Tuesday.
$1M boost recommended to help ailing downtown, Old East Village
London is adding new programs and expanding some efforts in its core area action plan to help recovery in the hard-hit downtown and Old East Village.
Letters to the Editor: May 19, 2022
City fails at bylaw enforcement
‘A box sitting there’ or a place to park your bike downtown? Jury is out
Big metal containers scattered across London’s downtown last year were cheered as a game-changer for cyclists needing safe places to lock their bikes. But the 18 new bike lockers — ultra-secure cubbies for a pair of bikes that can’t be targeted by thieves in the same way as typical bike locks — were used only […]
100-plus trees felled to make way for bus rapid transit system in core
Nearly 150 trees were chopped down in London’s core this year ahead of construction for the next phases of the rapid transit system.
Letters to the Editor: March 10, 2022
What about roads?
London’s grim core office market may be turning corner: realty firm
London’s downtown office market may have just bottomed out.
City hall spent $5M in 2021 on its core-area action plan. Is it working?
After testing interventions such as ambassadors, street cleaning and a focus on live events, city hall recommends London keep at some of what it’s done to help breathe new life into the core and Old East Village.