{"id":108015,"date":"2022-03-22T11:36:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=108015"},"modified":"2022-03-22T11:36:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T11:36:07","slug":"new-affordable-housing-block-whitechapel-silk-district","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-affordable-housing-block-whitechapel-silk-district\/108015\/","title":{"rendered":"Silk District affordable housing block reaches topping out stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lqgroup.org.uk\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L&amp;Q<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mountanvil.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mount Anvil<\/a>, Mayor John Biggs and other senior representatives from London Borough of Tower Hamlets celebrate the topping out of a new affordable housing block in Whitechapel<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/mep-silk-district\/92182\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Silk District<\/a> is a new affordable housing block, in the heart of one of London\u2019s oldest areas, being delivered by Mount Anvil and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/the-quarry\/103315\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L&amp;Q.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>698 homes are being built across two phases, including 35% affordable housing, with a mix of affordable rented, shared ownership and private sale homes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Mayor John Biggs poured the final section of concrete on the roof of the building to mark the occasion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Construction work started in April 2019 and is scheduled to complete in June 2023.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;London\u2019s most exciting emerging new neighbourhoods&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Jacqueline Esimaje-Heath, growth director at L&amp;Q said: &#8220;We were delighted to celebrate, with our joint partners Mount Anvil &#8211; as well as our key stakeholders Tower Hamlets and the GLA &#8211; this major milestone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;This unique partnership has enabled us to do so much \u2013 from creating one of East London\u2019s most exciting emerging new neighbourhoods to increasing local affordable housing provision.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;We\u2019re excited to be heading into our final year of construction, and welcoming residents into their new homes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;30% of this development is dedicated to new public realm&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Marcus Bate, partnerships and communities director at Mount Anvil said: &#8220;This partnership with L&amp;Q has been a highly successful one when we look back at the goals we set together at the outset \u2013 increasing the amount of affordable housing and affordable workspace, accelerating construction and sales, and creating a high-quality place for all residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;And along the way we\u2019ve built some brilliant relationships with our friends at L&amp;Q; learning from and with them as we\u2019ve delivered this very complex scheme.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;We\u2019re really proud that over 30% of this development is dedicated to new public realm. It provides sustainable and inclusive spaces for residents of all tenures, creating a positive legacy and a key destination in the vision for Whitechapel\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;The Silk District is also a pilot scheme for our Peloton partnership \u2013 making it the first residential development in the UK to offer Peloton bikes within its residents\u2019 gym.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Housing is a priority for Tower Hamlets Council&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A Tower Hamlets Council spokesperson said: &#8220;Housing is a priority for Tower Hamlets Council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;We\u2019re playing our part in tackling the housing crisis in the borough by building new social homes and are pleased to be working with partners like L&amp;Q to provide more affordable rented and shared ownership homes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>L&#038;Q, Mount Anvil, Mayor John Biggs and other senior representatives from London Borough of Tower Hamlets celebrate the topping out of a new affordable housing block in Whitechapel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[666,997,656,947,570],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-108015","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-affordable-housing","8":"tag-development","9":"tag-housing","10":"tag-london","11":"tag-social-housing"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Silk District affordable housing block reaches topping out stage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"L&amp;Q, Mount Anvil, Mayor John Biggs and senior representatives celebrate topping out stage of a new affordable housing block in Whitechapel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-affordable-housing-block-whitechapel-silk-district\/108015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Silk District affordable housing block reaches topping out stage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"L&amp;Q, Mount Anvil, Mayor John Biggs and senior representatives celebrate topping out stage of a new affordable housing block in Whitechapel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/new-affordable-housing-block-whitechapel-silk-district\/108015\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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