Excel exhibition centre expansion well underway
Work to expand the Excel exhibition centre is now well underway as work on a new structure to the east continues.
The expansion will bring around a 25 per cent increase in floorspace when complete in 2024.
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Whilst welcome in terms of jobs and holding exhibitions drawing the crowds it’s still regretful that a site is so low-rise in a city crying out for more homes – particularly with excellent transport links via the DLR and Elizabeth line so close.
Much of the centre is a vast expanse with a very low-rise building, and the latest Phase 3 isn’t that much different.
As usual with new ground-scrapers such as this near excellent transport links much is made of “green” credentials, though bigger green credentials would be higher density mixed-use land resulting in fewer homes being built as part of urban sprawl.
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As it is, there’s no new homes or even hotels above new convention space. And still the developers waffle on about sustainability ad nauseum.
Running a site alone takes time and a fair bit of money. Adverts are far from enough to cover it and my living costs as a private renter.
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Low rise because of the airport.