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Developments in and around the Royal Docks

Silvertown

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Silvertown
This major development site is situated around Pontoon Dock, an original inlet of the main Royal Victoria Dock, and is home to the historic Millennium Mills. The joint-venture partnership from Lendlease and Starwood will create a new mixed-use centre for the Royal Docks with at least 6,000 new homes of which 50% will be affordable, in addition to restoring Millennium Mills and the grade II-listed Silo D.

Albert Island

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Albert Island
Albert Island takes the Royal Docks’ maritime heritage into the future with a new commercial boatyard and marina – this will be the first new shipyard on the Thames for over a century. Life on the water will be central to this new development. Albert Island will also be a hub for engineering, logistics and infrastructure, bringing this overlooked area of the Royal Docks into the spotlight. Includes up to 800,000sqft of employment space, maritime hub with new River Thames boatyard facility. Planning status–Approval secured in March 2023, with work expected to start in early 2024

Royal Albert Dock

Royal Albert Dock
Following the termination of the development agreement with ABP, the Royal Docks Team is working with local stakeholders to assess the options for long term redevelopment of this site and meanwhile use options. In the meantime, the Administrators of ABP have sold the majority of the new buildings in Phase 1 to DPK
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Thameside West

Thameside West
This Foster + Partners masterplanned scheme from Silvertown Homes will deliver 5,000 new homes on the old Carlsberg-Tetley site along the Thames, opposite Greenwich Peninsula. The scheme will include a significant amount of affordable homes. Works will start after the completion of the Silvertown Tunnel.

Royal Albert Wharf

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Royal Albert Wharf
The RIBA award-winning scheme provides a new community includes with over 1,800 new homes, of which over 40% are affordable. The development delivers a total of 9,100sqm of non-residential uses that include new affordable workspaces, artist studios, shops, café, leisure, and community space, all located within easy reach of between Gallions Reach DLR, and situated between the waterfront of Royal Albert Basin and the Thames.
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Brunel Street Works

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Brunel Street Works
Opal, a joint venture between Vistry and Thames Valley Housing, has completed this development of 977 mixed tenure homes with 35% affordable, including 172 social rented. The development, just south of Canning Town station, also includes 8,000 sqm of mixed use commercial space, some of which the Royal Docks Team have acquired for use by SMEs. The units are operated by Projekt.

Millet Place (at Pontoon Dock)

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Millet Place (at Pontoon Dock)
These 154 build to rent and 82 affordable homes by Grainger and Linkcity are situated beside Pontoon Dock DLR station and provide enhanced amenity, ground floor retail and commercial uses, with new public access to the Thames Barrier Park.

Royal Eden Docks

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Royal Eden Docks
The green heart of a vibrant city. Royal Eden Docks is a collection of 854 homes designed around health and wellbeing with landscaped space at its heart. Homes here are just 3 minutes’ walk from the new Elizabeth Line at Custom House Station and less than 100m from the water edge. The first residents arrived in April 2023 and there are limited homes available in the final phases of the development.

Queens Cross

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Queens Cross
You’ll find Queens Cross nestled between the Elizabeth line and the Royal Victoria Docks, within 10-minutes reach of the City. Including 322 new homes, Queens Cross offers modern and sophisticated interiors, fantastic views of Canary Wharf and the City of London, as well as a private residents’ club, Eden House, with spaces to work, train and rest.
The Ballymore Royal Wharf development

Royal Wharf

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Royal Wharf
This community of over 3,300 homes across 40 acres of waterfront land is from established homebuilder Ballymore. The Royal Wharf ferry pier has now opened for boats into central London. Riverscape are currently on site working on the next phase of the project.