2015

TQ3978 : Greenwich Square, nearly ready (1)

taken 9 years ago, near to Greenwich, England

Greenwich Square, nearly ready (1)
Greenwich Square, nearly ready (1)
The three larger blocks on the phase 1 site comprising "Block 1" of the development are visible in this photo. Some apartments and ground floor shops were already open, but the nearest block on the corner of Vanbrugh Hill still behind hoardings. This part of the development will also include the library and leisure centre, but they were not yet open.
Greenwich Square SE10

A large development on the site of the former Greenwich District Hospital which was demolished in 2006. The site lay vacant for several years but was developed from 2013 onwards.

Initially it was to have been called "Heart of East Greenwich" which would have been geographically accurate, but during construction of phase 1 the name was changed to "Greenwich Square" to sound as if it was closer to the town centre (a more "desirable" location).

Phase 1 opened in 2015, consisting of several apartment blocks, maisonettes and the Greenwich Centre (public facilities such as leisure centre, library and medical centre). Phase 2 consisting of further apartments and more expensive town houses would come later. The whole development was intended by Make Architects to be "silver standard" for sustainability.

The partners in the development were Hadley Property Group, London & Quadrant (housing association), Mace Construction, the local NHS trust, and the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
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This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Corner [31] · Greenwich Square [24] · Opened [20] · Vanbrugh Hill [12] · Leisure Centre [8] · Nearly Ready [4] ·
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TQ3978, 415 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Stephen Craven   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 16 May, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 17 May, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3951 7824 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:29.1546N 0:0.4730E
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OSGB36: geotagged! TQ 3947 7824
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