Key Competitive Attractions
Benefits of locating in South London:
- Over 112,500 businesses coexist here
- The economy is bigger than Berlin, Stockholm and Delhi with a GDP of £54.6 billion
- Good access to markets
- High quality of life
- 30-60 minutes' drive from Heathrow, Gatwick, and Stansted airports
- Average premises costs half that encountered in the City and West End
Major Developments:
- 900,000 sq ft of retail and restaurant space at Park Place in Croyden
- 13 acres of derelict land next to East Croydon railway station could see 1,150,000 sq ft of offices and over 1300 homes
- 38 acres at the former Battersea Power Station in Wandsworth earmarked for a mixed-use development
- Thames Gateway, Europe's largest regeneration project is investing £250 million of business, residential, leisure and infrastructure into Lewisham.
