Thinking East - Looking West -

ABP Royal Albert Dock | 01 02 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 03 - - Xu Weiping Mayor of ABP Chairman

This project will see Royal Albert Dock return Welcome to ABP Royal Albert Dock. It is to its historic role as the trading heartland of an honour and privilege to lead a £1 billion London. It will deliver 20,000 full-time jobs, transformation of this site. It will become a create £6 billion for the UK economy and serve dynamic 24-hour business destination linking as a catalyst for further development. Welcome the enterprises of Asia in the East with those to London’s newest business district. of the UK and Europe in the West.

04 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 05 ABP sees the world of business coming together as one -

06 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 07 智 ABP: Headquarters Economy - The fusion of international business in one place creates a positive commercial and social energy.

ABP Royal Albert Dock will be London’s newest business district and a hub for global enterprise.

08 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 09 联 ABP: Enterprise Community - Business networks, enterprise associations and forums create a thriving and diverse business environment.

ABP Royal Albert Dock business community will be like no other in the UK.

10 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 11 禄 ABP: Opportunity and Prosperity - The opportunity to purchase high quality office buildings gives corporations the chance to invest in the future.

ABP Royal Albert Dock enables businesses to build equity in the most exciting area of growth in the world’s capital city.

12 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 13 Forged by entrepreneurs at the centre of world commerce -

14 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 15 Sir Winston Churchill, 1800 Queen Victoria Sir Alexander King George VI and Beeston Long and Prince Albert Meadows Rendel Queen Elizabeth II Michael Heseltine Boris Johnson ------Entrepreneur Beeston Long had the vision to see Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, created an Rendel was the engineer Royal Albert Dock was a Plans were made to London Mayor Boris London’s international commercial future. In international exhibition to showcase Britain’s world- who designed Royal Albert key target during the war. regenerate London’s docks Johnson and the Greater 1800 he funded and built London’s first enclosed leading engineering and production innovations. It Dock to accommodate Britain’s famous wartime and the London Authority docks before becoming chairman of London attracted six million visitors in 1851, who came to the newest and largest leader, Winston Churchill, Development Corporation recognised the commercial Docks and Governor of the Bank of . view the world’s latest technology. steamships, and to host visited the docks to inspect was established by the importance of Royal the most modern crane Secretary of State for the Albert Dock and after This was the age of steamships and railways. Both the damage and the King and technology, all linked to Environment, Michael two years scrutinising influenced the decision to create Royal Albert Dock, Queen came to the London the rest of the UK via a new Heseltine. proposals approved ABP’s which was named after the prince. Docks to pay tribute to the railway line. local people. bid to acquire the land.

1851 1880 1940 1981 2011

Parliament granted the right to build Britain in the Victorian era built the world’s When it opened in 1880 the Royal Albert Dock was At 5pm on September 7 1940, German bombers The Government set up an Enterprise Zone Tenders were invited by the GLA from parties London’s enclosed docks so that valuable biggest trading empire and showcased the considered the world’s finest. It pioneered electric attacked London with direct hits at Royal Albert offering tax advantages to companies seeking to develop Royal Albert Dock - the cargoes could be protected from theft, and technological innovations of the Industrial lights to allow night and day working, hydraulic Dock. The devastation was so great it became operating in the Docklands. Through these start of a thorough two-year process to secure loaded and unloaded as fast as possible. Revolution at the Great Exhibition of 1851, cranes and steam winches to speed loading and known as “Black Saturday”. initiatives was developed and the ideal development partner. Prior to this, crowded quays close to the the world’s first Expo. unloading, and transit sheds, warehouses and cold the business of the capital started to move east. After the war every type of cargo passed through were used. storage areas to accommodate durable commodities. Royal Albert Dock but trade was now moving to Its nine metre depth meant it could accommodate larger container and deep water ports. The last ship the world’s largest freight vessels, giving the Royal to unload at the docks was from China, the Xin Feng. Albert Dock a central role in Britain’s economy and Soon after, Royal Albert Dock closed. a global significance with thousands of overseas workers moving to the area.

16 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 17 2013 ABP Chairman Xu Weiping will bring prosperity back to the Docks once more by creating London’s newest business district. -

18 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 19 - Sir Terry Farrell Architect/Masterplanner

The Masterplan realises the dream of an unrivalled waterfront destination that places powerful international business alongside open public squares allowing space for relaxation and contemplation. Everyone recognises this is a potent mix.

20 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 21 1. Compressor House 3. Green Boundary Edge 5. Main Street 7. Central Square 9. Mews Streets

An historic building which will be converted into a A linear link to Park to the north, the A vibrant 21st Century high street that The heart of the masterplan and focal point of Linear pedestrian environment sheltered from dock museum and form the centre-piece of a new green edge provides an ecosystem perimeter and forms the commercial spine of the site, the scheme, the square will incorporate a variety the main high street with streets opening quarter close to the Royal Albert DLR station. buffer to the main road. incorporating a variety of uses and providing of uses, architecture and amenity spaces. onto pocket parks and the waterfront. connectivity from East to West.

2. Waterfront Promenade 4. New London Garden Squares 6. Dockside Parks and Gardens 8. Heritage Buildings 10. Boundary Treatments

The dock front walkway provides The urban character of the site is based Sheltered pocket parks and mini squares The existing listed buildings will be brought Hard and soft landscaping treatments continuous pedestrian and cycle on the creation of active streets and that provide amenity space and linkage back to life at the heart of the site to house to ensure seamless connectivity connectivity and waterside amenity. squares to establish a sense of place, and between dockside and the scheme. various uses and provide a link with the past. with adjoining land ownerships, and to reflect historic London’s squares. maintenance of the historic dock wall.

Beckton Park

Strait Road

Beckton Park A1020 Royal Albert Way Cyprus (DLR)

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Royal Albert University of 1 8 8 4 4 7 5

Building 1000 9 9 10 6 6 6 10 2

Royal Albert Dock Royal Albert Dock KEY

Ground Floor Retail and Leisure DLR Station

London City Airport

22 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 23 - CGI of view looking north-west

24 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 25 - South facing buildings CGI of waterfront promenade and ‘Type A’ office buildings

26 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 27 - View looking west CGI of heritage buildings, Central Square and office buildings

28 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 29 - View looking west CGI of waterfront promenade and ‘Type A’ office buildings lobby

30 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 31 - View looking south-west CGI of a ‘Type A’ office building

32 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 33 - View looking south CGI of ‘Type A’ office building top floor Executive’s Office

34 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 35 Positioned at the heart of London’s future -

36 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 37 First class connectivity from destinations across London - East London is used to transformation, from the wetlands that were converted to thriving hubs for shipping and industry, to the current reinvention of the Docks to a new destination for working and living. Improvements to transport infrastructure mean that East London and the are now easily accessible from various well known landmarks across London.

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DLR Station Underground Station Station

38 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 39 Creating the future of City of London enterprise in London Canary Wharf -

The O2 Arena

River Thames

Greenwich Peninsula ExCel London Emirates Air Line

Custom House

London City Airport

ROYAL VICTORIA Building 1000 DOCK Royal Albert

Beckton Park

Beckton Park

ROYAL ALBERT DOCK

University of East London

Cyprus

40 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 41 A world class business destination being transformed by £26 billion of investment £1 billion 20,000 - investment new jobs A13

3 GALLIONS REACH 10 SHOPPING PARK Crossrail DLR Langdon Park Crossrail 4 5 Canning Town Europe’s largest Beckton A12 Canning Transforming the construction project Town A112 A13 town centre £15 billion 2 £3.7 billion to connect east and west London A117 12 of investment

24,000 NEW A13 CanaryAll Saint sWharf new jobs 7 BECKTON BECKTON PARK One of London’s twoA12 6 PARK

Westferry Financial Districts Custom East India Royal Albert Beckton Park Gallions House Prince Cyprus Reach Royal Victoria Regent Blackwall 4 Poplar 105,000 6 people working daily 5 SIEMENS 10 9 West India 200,000 3 Quay people by 2025 ROYAL ALBERT DOCK FUTURE 10 FLOATING VILLAGE ALBERT 11 BLACKWALL BASIN Canary Poplar & MARINA Wharf TUNNEL CANARY WHARF Dock QUAYS London City Airport A117 9 Canary THAMES KING GEORGE V DOCK Heron Wharf 1 8 Quays CLIPPERS Wood 2 Wharf 1 West Silvertown 11 London City Airport Pontoon Dock King George V 7 London’s business Peninsula THAMES North Greenwich BARRIER airport of choice South Quay UK’s largest mixed PARK 8 NORTH A112 use development 3.5 million passengers a year £5 billion 10,700 of investment new homes 8 million passengers by 2030 6

Existing Amenities and Services Pipeline Development

1. 4. Destination Hotels 7. 10. Gallions Reach Shopping Park 1. Wood Wharf 4. Hallsville Quarter 7. Crossrail 10. Gallions Quarter and Marina Quarter A water bus service carrying 8,500 Hotels now include Ibis, Crowne London’s award-winning post modern The largest retail park in London Mixed use development comprising A regeneration scheme providing A new commuter passenger train service passengers each day to all major Plaza, Holiday Inn and Novotel. designed Riverside Park set in 22 acres. comprising 29 outlets and 1,900 2.6 million sq ft of offices, 3,000 residential, retail and leisure facilities linking the capital’s key residential, A new residential development piers along the . free car parking spaces. homes and 350,000 sq ft of retail. extending to over 2,000,000 sq ft. leisure and business districts in 2018. totalling 700 new homes. 5. ExCel 8. London City Airport 2. Emirates Air Line 11. Canary Wharf 2. London City Island 5. Canning Town and Custom 8. 11. Waterside Park London’s largest single site exhibition 3.5 million passengers a year, with a House Regeneration Area A cable car service that links centre provides an international showcase phased growth £15 million masterplan to One of London’s two main financial A major mixed use landmark scheme 37 acre mixed use development with up A 773 residential unit development, two of the biggest entertainment for private, public and corporate events. expand capacity up to 8 million by 2030. centres, comprising 14 million sq redeveloping 14 acres of riverside A £3.7 billion project aiming to to 3,385 houses, a new school, shops, situated adjacent to Thames Barrier Park. and exhibition venues in Europe ft of HQ office and retail space. on the Leamouth Peninsula. transform the area physically, offices and riverside restaurants. - ExCel and . 6. Aloft ExCel London 9. University of East London socially and economically. 12. Royal Gateway and SportsDock 3. Rathbone Market 9. 3. Cutting edge design 252 room hotel 6. Greenwich Peninsula A 336 apartment development, overlooking the waterfront with Over 28,000 students from 120 countries The phased regeneration is now 7 million sq ft development comprising located in Canning Town. Owned and operated by Siemens combines direct access into ExCel itself. worldwide. SportsDock includes a state at an advanced stage providing a Regeneration of 190 acres of the 3,000 new homes and 5 million sq ft a world class educational centre with office, of the art gym and fitness suite. mixed use scheme and new square peninsula into the largest new of commercial space. conference and auditorium facilities. for this historic market area. mixed use district in the UK.

42 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 43 London City Airport: RS U Stockholm O the business airport H 2 of choice Aberdeen Dundee - Billund Located adjacent to Royal Albert Dock, London Edinburgh Copenhagen City Airport offers direct flights to approximately Glasgow 29 European destinations in less than 2 hours

Dublin

Amsterdam Rotterdam New York Dusseldorf Dresden 9 hours 30 mins Antwerp Frankfurt Luxemburg Jersey Deauville Paris Quimper Munich Nantes Basel Angers Bern Venice Geneva Milan Brive

Avignon Nice Toulon Florence

Rome

Madrid Palma

Faro Malaga

44 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 45 Connectivity 13 mins DLR Stratford Jubilee Line 7 mins ST PAUL’S - 4 mins Beckton Crossrail CATHEDRAL Royal 5 mins ABP Royal Albert Dock is served The new Crossrail high-speed 24 mins 6 mins Victoria 3 mins 2 mins 3 mins Gallions directly by two DLR stations which link cross-London rail service, opening Reach the site to the wider London network. in 2018, will give direct access from Bank Canning Custom Prince Cyprus THE Royal Beckton ABP Royal Albert Dock to Heathrow 46 mins 20 mins 18 mins 13 mins 5 mins Town House Regent GHERKIN Albert Park The Jubilee Line from Canning Town airport in under one hour and will gives direct access to key destinations from enable super-fast access to the site 2018 such as the O2 (North Greenwich Heathrow Bond Liverpool Canary for staff and visitors from east and Airport Court Road Street Wharf within 2 minutes), Canary Wharf (4 Street North west London. London minutes), Westfield (Stratford within Greenwich City Airport 9 mins 6 minutes), (within 16 Approximate Crossrail Journey Green Westminster Waterloo London Canary 18 mins minutes) and ( Times (2018) Park Bridge Wharf 23 mins 21 mins THE within 20 minutes). 25 mins THE 18 mins 11 mins O2 SHARD City of London 13 minutes POWER STATION HOUSES OF West End 20 minutes PARLIAMENT TATE UNDERGROUND RIVER MODERN TOWER 46 minutes BRIDGE Heathrow

Approx travel times from Royal Albert: Transport For London (www.tfl.gov.uk) and Crossrail (www.crossrail.co.uk) For Illustrative purposes only

CGI showing proposed Custom House Crossrail station

CGI showing proposed Crossrail train

46 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 47 Past, Present and Future: London Moves East -

48 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 49 1840 - The Houses of Parliament and are built in Westminster in London’s West End

London has a rich 2,000 year history, and a wealth of cultural heritage and landmark monuments including , and the Tower of London. The Houses of Parliament are the home of the British Government and represent the historic heart of the capital city.

50 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 51 1894 - is completed in the City of London London’s position as the world’s premier financial city is rooted in the traditional buildings in the City of London. The City was the original financial district of the capital, focussed around the and other historic institutions.

52 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 53 1991 - is constructed, the first tower at Canary Wharf Since the 1980s, Canary Wharf has evolved as London’s second business district, and has helped to pull the capital’s commercial landscape further to the east. The Canary Wharf estate now extends to circa 15 million sq ft of offices with supporting retail and leisure. It has traditionally suited global financial institutions and professional services firms in large scale office buildings.

54 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 55 2000 - ExCeL London is built in the Royal Docks ExCeL London is London’s foremost exhibition venue with over 1,000,000 sq ft of multi-purpose event space including the capital’s only International Convention Centre. ExCeL brings over two million visitors into the Docks annually.

56 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 57 2007 - The O2 Arena is completed on Greenwich Peninsula The O2 Arena is the world’s busiest music venue, London’s premier entertainment destination, and one of east London’s most recognisable landmarks. It regularly hosts major rock stars and international concerts from Beyonce to the Rolling Stones, offering supporting bars, restaurants and piazzas.

58 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 59 2012 - The Olympic Park is completed and hosts the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in Stratford Under the gaze of the world’s media, the huge success of the 2012 Olympic Games confirmed Stratford as a major retail, business and leisure destination and cemented East London as the future of the capital city.

The legacy of the games has created a vibrant environment with new parkland and sporting facilities interspersed with educational space and Westfield Stratford, one of the largest urban shopping centres in Europe.

60 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 61 ABP Royal Albert Dock - London’s Next Business District

62 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 63 ABP is dedicated to creating new business districts, with over £11 billion currently invested across four projects in China -

64 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 65 2003: ABP Beijing - Approximately 400 buildings - Approximately 500 companies - Total investment: approximately £1.1 billion

66 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 67 2010: ABP Shenyang - Approximately 2,000 buildings planned in total - Approximately 1,500 companies on completion - Total investment: approximately £4.8 billion

68 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 69 2011: ABP Qingdao - Approximately 800 buildings planned in total - Approximately 600 companies on completion - Total investment: approximately £2.2 billion

70 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 71 2013: ABP South Yangtze - Approximately 2,000 buildings planned in total - Approximately 1,500 companies on completion - Total investment: approximately £2.9 billion

72 | ABP Royal Albert Dock ABP Royal Albert Dock | 73 London’s Next Business District -

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