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The developer, which is owned by listed attendance Songbird Estates, has said it has acquired the remaining 75% close in in Wood Wharf, the 16.8-acre site adjacent to its eponymous place development, for a total sum of £90.4m.
Canary Wharf set up a joint make bold with British Waterways and Irish housebuilder Ballymore in 2005 to amplify Wood Wharf – however the new deal will allow the office developer to fully demand the future of the 4.8 million sq ft mixed-use project.
The scheme has planning agreement for 3.1 million sq ft of office space, 1.25 million sq ft of residential situation, 200,000 sq ft of retail space, and a 200,000 sq ft hotel. Wood Wharf is set to have less ill transport links into central London when the planned Crossrail filament opens in 2018.
The deal involves paying £52.4m for British Waterways’ 50% ante and £38m for Ballymore’s 25% piece of the site. Under the arrangement, Canary Wharf also bought a restructured 250-year lees lease with British Waterways, a public organisation that oversees the UK’s rivers and canals.
Source: Financial News (blog) (subscription)