Sky Garden Tower | Vauxhall | 120m | 35 fl | App

[Yorkshire Boy]

Originally Posted by Supertall Robbo

Thanks, my first post on this thread and this tower looks ok, What is it's current status? fully U/C or still on proposal stages?

Surprised this hasn't gone down the shitter already. Isn't the developer of this Fraser Property? Whom of which were the developers of La Lumiere in Leeds till that went bust.

Or maybe I'm thinking of another developer...

[Swissdave]

A year since I last posted here, absolutely nothing has happened, apart from two large advertising hoardings going up (and some more graffiti on the inside of the site). But noticed a piece by Peter Bill in the Evening Standard that reports a chat with Stanley Quek of Fraser Properties (who do indeed own the site) - here is a quote of some of the more relevant points -

Flying visit: Quek's London call
Dr Stanley Quek has amassed seven million air miles circling the globe inspecting real estate held by his company, Fraser Property in Australia, New Zealand and the UK. The 61-year-old Singaporean landed in London on Tuesday to pick up a prize from the Variety Club for doing Good Green Things. So there was an opportunity to chat to the former medic, who retains a lovely bedside manner. Dr Quek also found time no doubt to examine his 500-unit site in Wandsworth's "nappy valley" [this is the mostly-built Riverside Quarter, maybe stretching the definition of the Nappy Valley which is a good mile away in Northcote Road, but hey ho...] and ponder the risks of giving birth to a 34-storey tower in Vauxhall. [...] The property arm has a A$4.5 billion (£3 billion) development pipeline in Australasia and the UK. [... goes on to note that locals overthrew a proposal in 2006 to build towers of up to 28 storeys as the final stage of the Wandsworth Riverside quarter] Quek's revised plans [for Riverside quarter] are more modest, with a new phase of 121 apartments just launched. His 2002 development appraisal reckoned the flats would fetch £480 per square foot. Today, the doctor is looking for £700-£800. So scaling back won't hurt too much. More problematic is the 186-apartment tower hard by Vauxhall tube. "The market is fairly uncertain at the moment" says Quek

Frankly, it doesn't look as though Vauxhall Sky Gardens is going to fly off the drawing board any time soon. I'm vaguely surprised it hasn't been converted to temporary hire parking, given it is in zone 1 and very accessible, but juuust outside the congestion charging zone. One possibly relevant local development is that the site is directly opposite the potential new Nine Elms tube station, which has made the tricky transition from 'crazy pie in the sky' to 'more or less costed and possibly feasible transport project that might happen' over the last year.

Didn't realise the Riverside Quarter was under the same developer (the latter has actually worked quite well overall, in a low-key sort of way - all sold without apparent difficulty, as was its sister development on the Trinity Way).

[dutchsnookerfan]

Maybe for over 5 years then the economy will be recoverd. Its still very instabel.

[Swissdave]

Bump!

Nothing's happened for months here - but this morning, a ground investigation crew were on site with a smll drilling rig. It may of course be nothing - but this was the first sign that something was actually happening at neighbouring St George Wharf tower.

Here's a photo (which doesn't show a great deal to be honest - but this was busily doing something...) -


The giant buddleia in the background gives a feel for just how long this site has been mothballed.

I see this site all the time so will report back if anything more exciting happens...

[benchaney]

Any more updates on this?

[mulattokid]

Hmm!

This was back in June:
http://business.highbeam.com/410162/...-limit-caddick

"Yorkshire-based Caddick Development is in talks with Frasers Property to buy a prirr development site in Vauxhall for around [pounds sterling] 20m, in what would be the developer's first foray into central London.

Caddick Development plans to purchase Vauxhall Sky Gardens, near Battersea, in a joint venture with C Group the new business venture set up by City Lofts Group founder Ross Mansoori-Dara.

The site already has planning permission for Vauxhall Sky Gardens, a 34-storey, mixed-use tower that will comprise 200 flats, 82,000 sq ft of offices and just more than 2,200 sq ft of retail.

The joint venture partners want to retain the planning approval …"

Edit: The sale did not occur. The project is still with Frazer Developments and the project is still on hold.