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Nine Elms:
London’s Greatest Transformation
The vision is a long-term one; to
transform one of the capital’s last
remaining industrial districts into an
amazing place for Londoners old and
new to call home, whether to live or
work. Today’s reality is an exciting one;
new spaces and places coming to life
every day.
The area’s transformation is progressing
at speed, with some big changes already
apparent. 2017 was a year characterised
by new arrivals. New residents at
Battersea Power Station, for example,
but also the opening of the new US
Embassy, and the new Flower Market at
New Covent Garden Market: the first
major milestone in New Covent Garden
Market’s five-year transformation into a
major new Food Quarter and food
business hub for London. A London icon,
the Market is home to some of the UK’s
elite fresh food suppliers and supplies all
of the top 20 London restaurants.
Alongside new facilities for the whole-
sale market, new office and retail space
is being delivered across the site, as well
as the Food Exchange: four storeys of
flexible modern offices, workspaces,
specialist food retailers and food and
flower education.
Other changes are just as significant, if
not as visually apparent. Tunnelling work
to extend the Northern Line Extension to
Battersea has been completed, creating
Nine Elms has always
been a critical part of
London’s landscape.
Its past is one of
commerce and industry,
its future is of enterprise,
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