Croydon's New Crowd ; a Pounds 2 Billion Makeover and the Arrival of 3,000 New Homes and Designer Flats Will Make Croydon an Area of Choice for Clever Homebuyers, Says David Spittles

Evening Standard - London › May 31, 2007

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BRITAIN's tallest man, Christopher Greener (nearly 7ft 7in), was called in by developer Howard Holdings to launch The Exchange, a new scheme in Croydon. He was there to focus minds on the ceiling heights - up to 13ft - in a handsome former industrial building that has been transformed into lofts.

The arrival of designer flats signals a new era for previously unglamorous Croydon. A Pounds 2 billion makeover is in the pipeline - several ambitious projects aimed at revitalising the commercial centre and turning the neglected old town into a location of choice for homebuyers.

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Croydon's New Crowd ; a Pounds 2 Billion Makeover and the Arrival of 3,000 New Homes and Designer Flats Will Make Croydon an Area of Choice for Clever Homebuyers, Says David Spittles

Local planners want to avoid the mistakes of the 1960s, when ugly office towers and pedestrian subways ripped the heart ou...

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