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HACKNEY CENTRAL HACKNEY Hackney Central has been transformed over A crop of innovative new restaurants have also the last few years through £1 billion Olympic opened their doors recently with Lardo, Rita’s, infrastructure investment in the London Franco Manca ,The Advisory, Raw Duck, Tonkotsu Overground, now one of the UK’s busiest lines. and Bouchon Fourchette joining Mare Street and Further upgrades will bring even greater London Field’s more established Turkish connectivity to the area including a new bridge and Vietnamese eateries such as Anatolia and between Hackney Central and Hackney Downs Green Papaya. stations and expansions to the ticket halls, A major development is the inward investment services and capacity. of over £150 million to develop a world-leading With 40% business growth since 2004 compared fashion design, manufacturing and retail hub in the to 22% in the rest of London and the 3rd highest north-east of the town centre, creating hundreds self employment rate in inner London, Hackney as of new jobs and due to attract around 3.5 million a whole is one of the most entrepreneurial places visitors to the borough per year. in the country. Hackney Central’s numerous Hackney Central has benefited from £2 million of co-working and studio spaces including The investment from the GLA’s Mayor’s Regeneration Trampery, Space Studios, Eat Work Art’s Hackney Fund. This has been used to improve the shop Downs Studios and Netil House cater for the fronts of 30 shops in and around the pedestrianised growing creative start-up economy. Narroway in the town centre. Local parks and As well as the borough’s administrative heart with walkways also saw investment in a new public Hackney’s beautifully restored art deco Town Hall realm to guide and charm the influx of new visitors. and Council chambers, Hackney Central is also a To get involved, please follow us on twitter cultural destination. The broad offer ranges from @hackneybusiness or visit: Sutton House museum to Grade II listed Hackney www.investinhackney.org where you can browse Empire theatre, the newly renovated Hackney content such as video case studies with some Picturehouse cinema, contemporary music venue of our local businesses, sign up to the Hackney Oslo, and St John at Hackney church which Business Network newsletter and find contact hosts concerts from Elbow to Nigel Kennedy. The details for the regeneration delivery team. bustling canal-side Broadway Market, London Fields park and lido round out the entertainment offer. Jules Pipe, FOREWORD Mayor of Hackney At Hackney Empire we have the world on the doorstep and the world on our stage. It’s a privilege to be a part of such a dynamic and diverse community.” Clarie Middleton, Hackney Empire 3 LONDON’S NEWEST FASHION DISTRICT Over £150 million of inward investment has been secured Early companies to arrive alongside the historic for a major regeneration project in Hackney Central. The Burberry outlet store include designers Aquascutum, development includes fashion outlet stores, affordable Pringle, Bally, Joseph and Anya Hindmarch. A diverse workspace and manufacturing workshops for local designers mix of brands is being curated; including the best creating a new focal point for UK fashion in the heart of of British heritage brands, street and sportswear London’s East End. alongside cutting edge UK fashion houses. Built on a rich history of fashion manufacturing from the migrated Huguenot silk makers once based in Sutton House to the fierce bustle of East London’s rag trade, Hackney is gearing up to be at the centre of the next manufacturing revival. The development led by Chatham Works comprises over 6,250 square metres of new retail space designed by award winning architect David Adjaye OBE as well as subsidised design studios for up-and-coming local designers. With funding from railway authority Network Rail a series of archways will also house a number of designer and high street brands. 4 CFE and Photographer: Yuvali Theis. THE HACKNEY SHOP The Hackney Shop was created to give up and coming local fashion brands the opportunity to create their own pop-up shop within the Fashion Hub development. The ongoing project is a collaboration between Hackney Council and the Fashion Hub with the purpose of giving new businesses hands-on experience in marketing and retail. The Hackney shop has hosted many young brands such as Kelly Shaw and Beth Postle and some more established such as Henry Holland and Jonathan Saunders. 5 Promising to create over 450 jobs in retail alone, the development will also be home to Hackney’s first Stitching Academy a social enterprise that trains staff to become skilled garment makers, allowing designers to bring manufacture back to UK soil for closer, fairer supply chains that benefit the local community. Hackney is already home to the majority of the UK’s top fashion designers and with world respected institutions such as the London College of Fashion and the Centre for Fashion Enterprise based locally, the borough is awash with young talent looking to follow in their footsteps. Finally the ambition is to inspire a generation through numerous community outreach activities in schools including major cultural events like the Barbican Centre’s street fashion inspired summer market installation providing local work placements and a flourish of day and night time experiences for visitors and residents alike. CFE and Photographer: Yuvali Theis. 6 Hackney Central is a thriving town centre and the Hackney Fashion Hub will play a major role in helping to meet the Council’s ambition to create London’s major fashion district. Already great East London designers and fashion brands are moving to the hub. Over the next 5 years we will develop over half a million sq ft of new outlet stores and commercial space for the industry.” Andrew Sissons, Fashion Hub 7 A PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK Hackney Central is the administrative heart of the Borough Hackney Central is also a hub for culture, with the with the iconic art deco Town Hall and Council chambers and Hackney Museum bringing the Borough’s history a majestic town square with landscaped flower beds and palm to the fore and the National Trust’s Sutton House trees in homage to the hitherto Loddiges exotic plant nursery. providing a trip into the Victorian past. The centrepiece cinema, Hackney Picturehouse, shows a large It is the second largest economic centre in the borough, with selection of blockbuster and independent films as well 2,000 businesses, just under 9,000 employees and leading as a packed programme of talks, previews and music sectors such as fashion, health, social care and education, retail events in the various venue spaces. The Hackney and real estate as primary employers. Empire Grade II listed theatre is a family friendly Home to 12,381 residents, Hackney Central is a rapidly changing venue hosting popular shows that draw residents area with a rise in new households with high weekly expenditure of all ages and visitors alike, notably for the world and preference for quality goods. famous winter pantomime. Music venues Oslo and A growing number of developments are providing quality work St John At Hackney church attract discerning music and studio space to entrepreneurs, remote workers and small listeners to see artists from across the globe. businesses often offering a host of other amenities from yoga On the weekend, Borough Market and the outdoor studios to fresh food markets. Well known spaces include The spaces such as London Fields and the Lido are Trampery, Space Studios, Eat Work Art’s Hackney Downs Studios buzzing with activity, especially in summer when the and Netil House. crowds gather to picnic and BBQ. From Regent’s Canal to the Narrowway, Mare Street has a bountiful offer of food establishments, from numerous Vietnamese and Turkish restaurants such as Green Papaya and Anatolia to newer offerings such as The Advisory, Rita’s, Lardo, Raw Duck and Tonkontsu. 8 People gravitate towards Hackney as the creative heart of London and its reputation is growing and growing. It is an ideal place to meet, create and collaborate, explore and connect with a hive of independent businesses, drink amazing coffee, browse the best markets and of course, people watch the swarms of people on bikes.” Eat Work Art 9 POPULAR PLACES NARROWAY LONDON FIELDS BROADWAY MARKET Narroway is Hackney Central’s London Fields is a popular Broadway Market is located recently pedestrianised high street bbq friendly park where sports at the southern end of London in the centre of the historical activities and picnic makers Fields and draws visitors conservation area, featuring co-exist. Nestled in the corner throughout the week to enjoy the Hackney’s oldest building, is the London Fields lido, the street’s boutique clothes, design St Augustine’s Tower. Benefiting capital’s only 50-metre outdoor and food shops as well as the from a recent uplift investment heated swimming pool, many restaurants and bars. The of £500,000 from the Mayor of attracting approximately 185,000 renowned street market takes London’s Regeneration Fund the visitors each year. Alongside the place every Saturday when the narrow shopping street offers a park is a row of railway arches crowds gather for the artisan number of recognised high street where passersby can find a produce, street entertainment brands and independent family number of independent cafes, and jovial ambience. run businesses. A programme wellbeing centres and the of cultural events and continuing London Fields brewery. public realm improvements facilitates its use as a community hub. The Council is strongly promoting the broadening of the retail offer on the Narroway encouraging the growth of new cafes, restaurants and independent shops to complement the existing retail offer.