Waitrose for Hammersmith
As reported by the Evening Standard today (Click here for full article):Waitrose has been given the green light for a huge £110million development which will transform the centre of Hammersmith. The scheme, by a consortium led by the supermarket chain, will see 290 homes, shops, cafés and restaurants built in one of the area's main shopping streets. Ugly and outdated council buildings around the town hall will be demolished to make way for the scheme, which will also see a new path to the Thames and a public piazza. Waitrose and its development partners Grainger/Helical Bar beat rival Tesco with their plans, which will see the recreation of a public square in front of the grade II-listed town hall and a new superstore nearby. The shopping area, currently cut off from the Thames by the A4, will be reconnected by a bridge linking King Street with the riverside, near Furnival Gardens, with a pedestrian street providing direct access from central Hammersmith to the footbridge and the river. ... Waitrose's plans will now go out to consultation before the developer submits a formal planning application later in the year. Building work is not expected to begin until 2010.
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