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[email protected] · January 11th 10, 07:17 PM posted to uk.transport.london

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:19:52 -0600,
wrote:

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

On Sun, 10 Jan 2010 13:19:03 -0600,
wrote:

In article ,
(Paul Corfield) wrote:

I was involved in getting the Capital Growth scheme on disused
land at Southwark Station up and running. An interesting diversion
from the day job!

Tangential to that, a row of shops was demolished to make way for
Southwark station. Why on earth was no commercial development
included in or around the finished station? Above the ground floor
it's totally wasted space there.

There have been plans for many years to proceed with development
above Southwark Station. The current state of the property and
financial markets have probably put paid to any progress for a
number of years.

Oh right. I thought they could have done that development long before
the recession hit. The JLE did open in 1999, after all.

Good grief Colin - nothing is ever right in your world is it?

It is down to the developers to come forward with schemes. It is not for
LUL to do them. Go and hunt down the property developers and ask them
why they have failed to stick a building on top of a station.

I'm not criticising, just surprised, given land values round there. I
would have thought development over the station would have been integral
with the original station plans. Or did that idea die with the London
Electric Railway?

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Colin Rosenstiel