London City Island in the Leamouth Peninsula was developed by EcoWorld Ballymore.
- Credit: Gordon Shrigley
Architect Gordon Shrigley stumbled across London City Island in the Leamouth Peninsula during lockdown, and has given this newspaper his view of the kooky development.
A Covid-19 lockdown cycle tour of Canning Town found me at the Leamouth Peninsula, which has recently been redesigned from the ground up by Glenn Howells Architects.
To celebrate the reinvention of the peninsula, developer EcoWorld Ballymore has renamed it London City Island - which given it isn’t actually an island and is six miles from the City of London, is a good example of up-marketing.
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10:00 AM December 22, 2020
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You can see Rebecca Blenkinsop in English National Ballet s Nutcracker Delights online from Christmas Eve for 30 days.
- Credit: Amber Hunt
Theatregoers who booked to see
The Nutcracker in the West End with dancers from English National Ballet’s east London studios are being contacted for refunds caused by the latest Covid emergency which has shut all public performances.
The two-week run was due to open on December 17 at the London Coliseum but has had to be scrapped because of Tier 4 restrictions.
Erina Takahashi as Sugar Plum Fairy and Joseph Caley as Prince in English National s Nutcracker Delights
By Joey Gardiner2020-12-22T12:20:00+00:00
High-profile London developer takes down posts on consumer review site written by its own employees
London developer Ballymore has been forced to act after online ratings site Trustpilot issued a formal “cease and desist” warning for it stop its own staff from posting positive reviews of the firm.
Ballymore said in a statement it had taken down reviews posted by staff members and said those who had been posting had been residents of Ballymore developments.
A screen grab of Ballymore’s page on the Trustpilot web site
From a total of 84 reviews of the firm – after the Ballymore-own reviews had been taken down – 71 awarded the firm a rating of one out of five, with numerous complaints raised around service levels offered by the firm. The firm’s average score was 1.7 out of five.
PETALING JAYA (Dec 14): S P Setia Bhd clinched the top spot in
The Edge Malaysia Top Property Developers Awards (TPDA) 2020, marking the fifth consecutive year the company won the spot. It dropped to third and fourth positions in 2014 and 2015 respectively, before regaining the title in 2016.
S P Setia president and chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Khor Chap Jen said the developer is elated to be awarded top honours for the 13th time.
“This would be impossible if not for the strong teamwork we have at Setia. It hasn’t been easy as we have been facing strong headwinds with the soft market and in addition to that, the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. No industry has been spared, but our team spirit persevered, and we rose up to overcome the odds by continuing to deliver our best. I would like to dedicate this win to Team Setia,” he added.