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Retail RESTAURANTS LEISURE Introduction: We’Re Creating a Brand New Quarter 01 Welcome in London RETAIL RESTAURANTS LEISURE Introduction: We’re creating a brand new quarter 01 Welcome in London. Croydon is already one of 02 Aerial Europe’s largest commercial centres, but 04 The Vision the completion of Ruskin Square, with up to 1,250,000 sq ft of new, grade A Location: office space, 625 contemporary new 06 Connectivity homes and 100,000 sq ft of retail, cafés 08 A transport hub and restaurants will take the area to a 10 Changing Croydon whole new level. 12 Local occupiers You might want to travel from Ruskin Croydon: Square to central London. You may 14 Croydon city centre need to head out to Gatwick Airport. 16 Live | Work Whichever way you’re going, just allow 18 Boxpark 20 minutes. That’s how well connected Opportunities: Croydon is. Located directly adjacent 22 Building One to East Croydon station – the UK’s 10th 26 Building Two busiest station with 27 million users. Further details: The retail and restaurants will benefit 28 Contact from 16,000 new jobs and 27,000 new homes being developed in Croydon. Ruskin Square will be a place that combines inspiring offices and beautiful homes with shops, cafes, and relaxing spaces. A place where work, life and leisure meet in the most positive of ways. WELCOME TO RUSKIN SQUARE. One OF LONDON’S Most SPECtaCular DEVeloPMents – 2 mILLIon SQ FT OF OFFICes, 100,000 SQ FT OF SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, anD HOMes. BUZZING WITH EXCITEMENT, CONNECTED TO THE WORLD, BALANCING LIFE, WORK AND LEISURE. TRAIN STATION INCLUDED… Ruskin Square * Buildings 1–5 £1.5 BILLIon WESTFIELD/HAmmErson REDEVELopmENT COLLEGE GREEN MASTERPLAN (CIVIC/CULTURAL QUARTER) *Under construction with Places for People towards completion in summer 2016. The Vision MULTISTOREY CAR PARK The vision for Ruskin Square is to create an exciting new business, residential and leisure SYDENHAM ROAD quarter within the centre of Croydon. This new place will be a high quality environment in which people will want to live, work and relax. TRAMLINK The development will comprise: n 1,250,000 sq ft of office accommodation n 625 residential units F n 100,000 sq ft of retail, restaurant and leisure opportunities MULTISTOREY n Areas of attractive public realm WESTFIELD/HAMMERSON CAR PARK REDEVELOPMENT E LANSDOWNE ROAD Ruskin Square will benefit from: C ROUTE THROUGH RUSKIN — First class accessibility SQUARE FROM STATION LANSDOWNE WALK WELLESLEY ROAD A superb town centre location with excellent TO WESTFIELD CROYDON VIA D public transport connections. PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE — A high quality, mixed use urban quarter B The scheme has been designed to create a B2 A new destination with emphasis on combining a variety of uses and place-making features. MULTISTOREY CAR PARK B3 OVAL ROAD — Strategic regeneration B1** Ruskin Square will be part of an outstanding CENTRAL NEW BRIDGE LINK FROM regeneration project in the centre of Croydon. BUSINESS EAST CROYDON STATION CHERRY ORCHARD ROAD ORCHARD CHERRY DISTRICT B4 TRAMLINK B5 GEORGE STREET EAST CROYDON STATION PLAN KEY n BUILDING 1 n OFFICES PARK LANE PARK TRAMLINK n PHASE 1 RESIDENTIAL* BUS STATION n RESIDENTIAL n RETAIL / LEISURE NLA TOWER – – BOUNDARY – – PROPOSED WESTFIELD/HAMMERSON DEVELOPMENT ADDISCOMBE RD COLLEGE GREEN MASTERPLAN * C onsented and progressing with Places for People CIVIC/CULTURAL QUARTER towards completion in summer 2016. ADDISCOMBE GROVE ADDISCOMBE ** On site with Practical Completion scheduled for Q4 2016 PARK HILL ROAD HILL PARK THE QUEENS GARDENS 04 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON Croydon — Travel times: The best connections in London Minutes Croydon is able to offer exceptional Croydon has trams, trains and RETAIL: accessibility by rail, bus and tram. buses. There are 17 overground stations and 43 bus routes in the 1 CENTRALE CENTRE n It is just 16 minutes to London Victoria ST PANCRAS / borough. The UK’s biggest tram 2 WHITGIFT CENTRE from East Croydon; 25 KINGS CROSS network helps make local travel 3 BOXPARK HOXTON n It is only 14 minutes from East Croydon easy and fast. HOTELS: BANK / 30 to Gatwick International Airport; 4 HAMPTON BY HILTON 16 THE CITY n Rail: 27 million passengers n East Croydon Station is one of the 5 JURY’S pass through East Croydon COVENT GARDEN / busiest rail stations in the UK and is used 6 TRAVELODGE WEST END by 27 million passengers a year; station barriers per annum 21 CANARY STRATFORD LEISURE: WHARF n 21 32 n The tramlink provides an important Tram: 28 million passengers 7 MUSEUM OF CROYDON east/west link and is used by 28 million use the service per annum 8 VIRGIN ACTIVE SHEPHERDS BUSH/ passengers a year. There is a dedicated WHITE CITY FARRINGDON CITY 9 FAIRFIELD HALLS 31 AIRPORT tram stop outside Ruskin Square and it HEATHROW 32 32 is estimated over 85,000 passengers 52 WATERLOO LONDON alight here each week. 18 15 BRIDGE A222 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD WELLESLEY ROAD WELLESLEY 16 VICTORIA EAST CROYDON STATION A222 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD CLAPHAM JUNCTION WEST CROYDON 9 STATION CHERRY ORCHARD ROAD WELLESLEY ROAD ROAD 4 BUS STATION WIMBLEDON M25 ROMAN WAY 25 15 EAST CROYDON GATWICK 1 5 STATION 14 AIRPORT 2 3 6 ADDISCOMBE GROVE ROMAN WAY WAY ROMAN GEORGEGEORGE STREET STREET LANE PARK 7 9 8 FAIRFIELD ROAD FAIRFIELD ROAD PARK HILL ROAD BRIGHTON BARCLAY ROAD ROAD 35 OLD TOWN A236 CROYDON FLYOVER PARK LANE sourCE: www.TFL.goV.UK A232 ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE. LOWER COMBE STREET 06 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON CROYDON FLYOVER Changing Croydon Croydon Vision 2020 is a £5.7 billion Five masterplans are now knitted together into a House prices nearly half the London average 1,320 trains a day stop in East Croydon regeneration initiative. single dynamic vision, making Croydon a genuine with 18 schemes expected to deliver private units The increased number and frequency of market opportunity for international businesses. to market between 2014 and 2018. train services has turned East Croydon into t h e 10th busiest station in the UK. London Croydon Home to 1,560 digital, creative and IT Croydon Tech City is London’s fastest growing Croydon has one of the highest numbers of 9,500 residential units are expected to be companies, including industry leaders such tech cluster, having experienced a 38% growth in residents with higher education qualifications delivered in the next 5 years within the city centre. as Dotmailer, Pro G and Goal Group. the number of digital, tech and creative companies in the UK – within the top 5% of all local setting up in the borough since 2011-13. authority districts. 18 15 KING’S Cross 15 CAMDEN PADDINGTON 11 WESTMINSTER 25 10 23 HAMMERSMITH 22 CANARY WHARF CITY SOUTH BANK 2 KINGSTON Croydon IT SECTOR 38 % GROWTH 08 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON 09 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON Changing Croydon 1 x Nine Elms / Battersea 2 x White City One x 3 x Olympic Park Croydon 3.5 x Wembley Equals… 4 x King’s Cross 6 x Earls Court 10 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON 11 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON A222 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD In good company… WELLESLEY ROAD WELLESLEY A222 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD Croydon has attracted a large number of WEST leading multi-national companies in the finance, CROYDON insurance and engineering sectors. The Public STATION 5 11 4 Sector also has a significant presence in the P town. In total, more than 9,000 businesses have chosen Croydon as their home. 7 P Attracting the best talent: WELLESLEY ROAD ROAD P CHERRY ORCHARD RD BUS STATION P n Croydon Town Centre has over 5,600 people working in finance and insurance – the 5th largest cluster in London. ROMAN WAY WHITGIFT 14 n Croydon Town Centre has over 2,000 8 9 CENTRE people in engineering – the 8th largest CENTRALE EAST cluster in London. P CENTRE CROYDON 1 STATION 10 1 Croydon Tech City P P 15 TRAMLINK West Croydon and Old Town is now rivalling east London’s Silicon Roundabout due to P 6 being home to 1,560 digital, creative and IT 3 ADDISCOMBE GROVE P 2 companies. TRAMLINK Sussex Innovation Centre is funded TRAMLINK P by Sussex University. Now open. GEORGEGEORGE STREET STREET LANE PARK Davis House is £2 million incubator hub sponsored by Croydon Council. The facility MAJor occupIErs: will be led by Tech Leaders Capital. PENSION PROTECTION FUND 4 5 Matthews Yard is an arts, cultural and ALLIANZ P P QUEEN’S FAIRFIELD ROAD 3 FAIRFIELD ROAD PARK HILL ROAD community hub in the centre of Croydon AIG EUROPE LIMITED GARDENS 2 Old Town with workspace for early stage BARCLAYBARCLAY ROAD ROAD AECOM start-ups. EDF 12 6 CROYDON COUNCIL P MOTT MACDONALD CROYDON FLYOVER Network RAIL PARK LANE AMERICAN EXPRESS 13 PARK HILL SNC LAVALIN P PARK ZURICH LIVerPool VICtorIA A232 IPC MEDIA GOLDMAN SACHS BODY SHOP BOXPARK CROYDON LOWER COMBE STREET MATTHEW’S YARD THE CLOCKTOWER SURREY ST. MARKET FAIRFIELD HALLS WAITROSE 13 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON Croydon city centre Croydon city centre Anticipated development delivery Opportunity area 2013 2014 IYLO development schemes 2015 2016 2013 2017 2014 2018 ACADEMY 2015 SCHOOL 21 Post 2018 2016 INTERCHANGE new homes 2017 SAFFRON LONDON 2018 SQUARE ROAD QUEST Post 2018 HOUSE WEST GALAXY CROYDON HOUSE EMERALD OVAL 9,500 HOUSE GARDENS sq ft of new NO.1 MORELLO LANSDOWNE RD CAROLYN FOOTBRIDGE HOUSE WHITGIFT PHILLIP commercial space HOUSE CENTRE RUSKIN ST ANNE’S HOUSE SQUARE conversion ROYAL CENTRALE RENAISSANCE MAIL EAST CAMBRIDGE INNOVATION CROYDON HOUSE CENTRE 2.8m sq ft of new retail / WANDLE PARK FAIRFIELD leisure space ST GEORGE’S HOUSE COLLEGE GREEN CHURCH STREET MINSTER CLOSE SURREY STREET OLD MARKET MID FAIRFIELD 2m MINSTER TOWN HALLS GARDENS EXCHANGE CROYDON new hotels SQUARE BERNARD CONNECT2 WEATHERILL HOUSE TABERNER DAVIS HOUSE SCARBROOK conversion HOUSE ROAD HOUSE IMPACT HOUSE conversion WANDLE ROAD PLANNING BUS STAND 7 FRAMEWORKS new public squares and LEON HOUSE EAST CROYDON conversion FAIRFIELD public realm MID CROYDON WESTFIELD WEST CROYDON OLD TOWN 28 OAPF New world class rail station SOUTH END SPICES YARD + Major roads investment 14 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON 15 RUSKIN SQUARE LonDON LIVE WORK [01] CAFÉ CULTURE [03] HOODOO’S CAFÉ & BAR [04] SURREY STREET MARKET [05] NEWLY buIlt COUNCIL OFFICES [06] PROPOSED WESTFIELD CROYDON DEVELOPMENT [07] MattHews Yard – an arts, Cultural anD COMMunIty HUB [08] REMOTE WORKING AT HOODOO’S [01] [08] [05] [03] [04] [06] Croydon is a great place to do business.
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