New homes handed over on £300M Blackwall Reach regeneration

Local residents were joined by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, Swan Housing Group and the Greater London Authority to mark the hand over of new homes from the £300M Blackwall Reach regeneration project.

The properties in Camellia House and Blashill Court have been handed over to residents, many of who were previously living on the neighbouring Robin Hood Gardens Estate.

The new phase has provided 98 properties, with 79 being let to social housing residents, eight being made available to people living and working in Tower Hamlets and the remainder going to leaseholders from Robin Hood Gardens to enable them to stay in the community.

The 98 new homes, together with Swan’s Regional Housing office and new multi- purpose Community Facilities belong to the first part of a four phase regeneration project that will see the replacement of the existing 252 Robin Hood Gardens properties with over 1,500 homes in the next ten years.

Over half the properties will be affordable homes, which will deliver much needed housing in the area. New community facilities will also be created and include a replacement mosque; commercial units and an improved central park while creating training and employment opportunities for residents.

Sandra Fawcett, Executive Director of Operations from Swan Housing Group said: “We’re delighted to have handed over 98 new homes from Phase 1A of the Blackwall Reach regeneration project to residents. Work on Phase 1B, which will deliver 242 new homes and retail units has already begun.”

Mayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs said: “Blackwall Reach is a successful and ambitious regeneration scheme to deliver more than 1,500 top quality and much needed families homes.

“The success of phase one is a testament to the positive working partnerships behind the project, and the way in which residents have actively engaged with the plans from the outset.

“It is particularly important that we address the chronic shortage of really affordable housing, and that local people have more opportunities to live in the areas they grew up in.”

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