Riverside South | Docklands | 236m/189m | 45/37 fl | U/C - Page 49

london lad · August 29th, 2007, 06:13 PM

Ahem- theres a Crossrail thread on the transport forum

jimmyay · August 29th, 2007, 06:27 PM

sorry didnt mean to get on my soapbox!
perhaps we should expect a press release on riverside south soon, there seems to have been a flurry of activity on london towers since BL upped the anti with its "some of these other developers projects wont happen" statement the other week.

london lad · August 29th, 2007, 06:54 PM

CWG have already said they are proceeding with building the sub structure & basement which is going to take well over a year so they have no need. If things are going well they will just continue one or two of the towers. Even if everythign went belly up tomorrow CW will still have a very very low vacancy rate of less than 3% so its highly likel that some firm will take some space in it in the next 18 mths.

chest · September 9th, 2007, 08:47 PM

loads of new activity - is that a cement factory they've set up?

LONDON ANGEL · September 9th, 2007, 10:52 PM

This is gonna be huge

randolph · September 10th, 2007, 12:18 AM

Great to see more activity on the site - I might even allow myself to believe this will actually get built!!

jimmyay · September 10th, 2007, 12:24 PM

yep that's a cement factory! personally i would push on with it.

Madman · September 10th, 2007, 01:24 PM

i dont know why but my inner nimby feels a bit sorry for those in that cascades building..only for a very brief moment though.

NothingBetterToDo · September 10th, 2007, 04:22 PM

I have no sympathy whatsoever, if you buy a flat next to a huge empty site, in an area booming with construction in recent years, then well....need i say more

Its like those people who buy a house under the flight path of an airport, then complain its too noisy.

potto · September 10th, 2007, 05:58 PM

and a flat is an ugly building at that!

ismail · September 10th, 2007, 06:26 PM

Now thats better, it looks like a construction site now, I was getting worried that this would turn out to be another Pioneer point.

elfabyanos · September 10th, 2007, 08:53 PM

That's more like it! At last.

jimbo · September 10th, 2007, 10:49 PM

Thanks for the photo chest. Presume with the piledriver next to the river and some piles of rubble there already they are hard at work at the retaining perimeter walls which I recall was the first major construction exercise to ensure the site doesn't flood when the basements are excavated in the future.

As we know from previous experience, there won't be many major pronouncements or epic publicity campaigns. Canary Wharf Group will employ their own contractors, and gradually push along with Riverside South in a quiet and measured fashion.

Officer Dibble · September 11th, 2007, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Madman

i dont know why but my inner nimby feels a bit sorry for those in that cascades building..only for a very brief moment though.

having a big construction site next door will be a pain for them - but when it's all done they'll benefit more than anyone. if i owned a flat there i think i'd be thinking it was a good moment to rent it out for a few years...

Frankus Maximus · September 11th, 2007, 09:16 PM

Last time I visited this site it was empty, now its up, up and away!
Personally, if I lived in those flats I'd be overjoyed that these monsters would be going up next door - but then I'm not your average resident NIMBY!

ismail · September 11th, 2007, 09:50 PM

YEH, but when it's finished, the people in those flats will be looking up at a 236m wall of steel and glass.

mulattokid · September 11th, 2007, 10:56 PM

I used to know (no? actually...I never knew him...until we went on holiday to Mexico together. Then I found out he was a money mongering freak full of distain ,hatred and predudice) He lived in Cascades and claimed his 30 stone weight was due to his glands even though he ate a fried kitchen in front of me up 1CS!..good luck to the monsters!

dimitriz · September 12th, 2007, 01:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mulattokid

I used to know (no? actually...I never knew him...until we went on holiday to Mexico together. Then I found out he was a money mongering freak full of distain ,hatred and predudice) He lived in Cascades and claimed his 30 stone weight was due to his glands even though he ate a fried kitchen in front of me up 1CS!..good luck to the monsters!

I knew him: he would go to Ikea and order "Four fried kitchens and a coke."

mulattokid · September 12th, 2007, 01:38 PM

^

Take my word for it...I really meant KITCHENS

Never never never do a post after half a bottle of wine

dreadathecontrols · September 14th, 2007, 02:48 PM

delete

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September 10th, 2007, 06:26 PM	#971
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September 11th, 2007, 10:56 PM	#977
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August 29th, 2007, 06:13 PM	#961
london lad Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 8,155 Likes (Received): 45	Ahem- theres a Crossrail thread on the transport forum

August 29th, 2007, 06:27 PM	#962
jimmyay Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 190 Likes (Received): 0	sorry didnt mean to get on my soapbox! perhaps we should expect a press release on riverside south soon, there seems to have been a flurry of activity on london towers since BL upped the anti with its "some of these other developers projects wont happen" statement the other week.

August 29th, 2007, 06:54 PM	#963
london lad Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: London Posts: 8,155 Likes (Received): 45	CWG have already said they are proceeding with building the sub structure & basement which is going to take well over a year so they have no need. If things are going well they will just continue one or two of the towers. Even if everythign went belly up tomorrow CW will still have a very very low vacancy rate of less than 3% so its highly likel that some firm will take some space in it in the next 18 mths.

September 9th, 2007, 08:47 PM	#964
chest Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Canary Wharf Posts: 2,261 Likes (Received): 517	loads of new activity - is that a cement factory they've set up?

September 9th, 2007, 10:52 PM	#965
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September 10th, 2007, 12:24 PM	#967
jimmyay Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 190 Likes (Received): 0	yep that's a cement factory! personally i would push on with it.

September 10th, 2007, 01:24 PM	#968
Madman London 2012 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Hampshire / Bloomsbury Posts: 2,855 Likes (Received): 1	i dont know why but my inner nimby feels a bit sorry for those in that cascades building..only for a very brief moment though.

September 10th, 2007, 05:58 PM	#970
potto Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: London Posts: 13,496 Likes (Received): 249	and a flat is an ugly building at that!

September 10th, 2007, 08:53 PM	#972
elfabyanos Dracuna Macoides Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Brighton Posts: 1,826 Likes (Received): 0	That's more like it! At last.

September 10th, 2007, 10:49 PM	#973
jimbo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Leeds/London Posts: 4,677 Likes (Received): 3	Thanks for the photo chest. Presume with the piledriver next to the river and some piles of rubble there already they are hard at work at the retaining perimeter walls which I recall was the first major construction exercise to ensure the site doesn't flood when the basements are excavated in the future. As we know from previous experience, there won't be many major pronouncements or epic publicity campaigns. Canary Wharf Group will employ their own contractors, and gradually push along with Riverside South in a quiet and measured fashion.

September 11th, 2007, 09:16 PM	#975
Frankus Maximus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ascot Posts: 630 Likes (Received): 11	Last time I visited this site it was empty, now its up, up and away! Personally, if I lived in those flats I'd be overjoyed that these monsters would be going up next door - but then I'm not your average resident NIMBY!

September 12th, 2007, 01:38 PM	#979
mulattokid BLAND Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: London Posts: 8,417 Likes (Received): 97	^ Take my word for it...I really meant KITCHENS Never never never do a post after half a bottle of wine __________________ Quote: "Everything in life is our fault...but that's not our fault" (By a friend of Quentin Crisp) www.jclodge.com (my singer sisters site) The headlines read: 'another footballer is charged with sexual miscontuct'! Is it pure coincidence that a mans Scrotum resembles a brain - requisite with both hemispheres, and its truncated spinal cord - always in search of sensation? (Mark Joseph 2008)

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