{"id":6028092,"date":"2019-12-11T09:15:19","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T09:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyassociation.co.uk\/?p=6028092"},"modified":"2019-12-11T09:15:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T09:15:19","slug":"10-billion-regeneration-plan-to-transform-londons-old-kent-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/news\/10-billion-regeneration-plan-to-transform-londons-old-kent-road\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a310 billion regeneration plan to transform London’s Old Kent Road"},"content":{"rendered":"
An important area just south of the Thames is going to be given a “new identity” with thousands of new homes, jobs and inhabitants.<\/strong><\/p>\n Having been identified as an area of opportunity, the Old Kent Road is the focus of Southwark Council\u2019s Area Action Plan, an exciting and ambitious vision to create over 20,000 new homes and 10,000 jobs. The scheme will take advantage of plans to extend the Bakerloo Line underground to the Old Kent Road with three new tube stations.<\/p>\n Plans for 2,100 new homes<\/strong><\/p>\n Developer Avanton has its sights set on the Old Kent Road having just acquired its third site in this part of south London<\/a>. The developer is looking to add to its target of redeveloping the Old Kent Road to create 2,100 homes and has plans to build \u2018hundreds\u2019 of new homes on the Gasholders 1.6 hectare site with a development value rumoured to be over \u00a3230m.<\/p>\n Despite being at an early stage, Avanton\u2019s plans are to keep the original Victorian gasholders on this site. The site is located in the Greater London Authority\u2019s Old Kent Road Opportunity Area and together with the proposed residential<\/a> expansion, is a plan to develop 50,000 square feet of industrial space.<\/p>\n The new development could see the post-war thoroughfare made up of council estates, retail warehouses and a traffic hub given a new identity with a proposed new town centre, three new schools and an investment programme spanning 20 years.<\/p>\n Bermondsey and Peckham have benefited from major investment turning them into two of London\u2019s \u2018hippest\u2019 destinations and the Old Kent Road, situated between the two, could soon follow suit.<\/p>\n South London estate agent KALMAR has recently announced plans to open a new office on the Old Kent Road as part of a wider inner city expansion. Sebastian Kalmar, residential sales director, said:<\/p>\n \u201cOld Kent Road is located between Bermondsey and Peckham, two of London\u2019s coolest areas. The area is due to have one of South London\u2019s greatest infrastructure improvements which will change what Old Kent Road has to offer and bring a change in public perception.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Developer Avanton is reputedly the largest investor and developer on the Old Kent Road. It already owns two adjacent sites nearby and has submitted plans for over 1,400 homes, including towers of up to 48 storeys.<\/p>\n Managing partner at Avanton, Omer Weingberger, said: \u201cThe acquisition highlights our firm\u2019s commitment to investment and regeneration<\/a> in the London Borough of Southwark. The \u00a3230 million (GDV) Gasholders scheme will result in a significant contribution to the local community through the provision of homes, a substantial commercial offering and public open space<\/a>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n He added: “Our trio of projects will help to spearhead the transformation of Old Kent Road into a new town centre for London.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An important area just south of the Thames is going to be given a “new identity” with thousands of new homes, jobs and inhabitants. Having been identified as an area of opportunity, the Old Kent Road is the focus of Southwark Council\u2019s Area Action Plan, an exciting and ambitious vision to create over 20,000 new… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":6028097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,12],"tags":[11,86],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6028092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6028092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6028092\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6028097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6028092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6028092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyassociationgroup.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6028092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Investment over next 20 years<\/h4>\n
Estate agent sets up shop on Old Kent Road<\/h4>\n
Local community to benefit from \u00a3230 million investment<\/h4>\n