Overseas buyers and investors of London property will be eagerly awaiting the Southeast Asia launches of the latest development from Galliard Homes in what is part of Dockland’s largest residential scheme close to Canary Wharf.
The prolific British builder, in a joint venture with Frogmore and Cain Hoy, is launching Harbour Central at 2 Millharbour Dock Basin. This will see a £550 million transformation of a 2.65 acre industrial site into a new Manhattan style ‘vertical village’ for Canary Wharf.
Harbour Central will provide 901 new homes, retail, commercial, leisure and parking facilities in five mixed-use towers, up to 41-storeys high, designed around two new London green squares.
Located off Lighterman’s Road close to Millharbour Dock Basin Harbour Central is designed by multi-award winning international architects Rolfe Judd. Galliard Homes have used Nicola Fontanella of design house Argent Design, to create striking Manhattan and Art Deco themed interiors in the main foyers, the entertainment and leisure facility and an apartment interior scheme.
Known for glamorous interiors, Argent Design specialises in luxury residential projects in London, New York and Miami with a triple-AAA client list which includes Madonna, Guy Ritchie, Richard Caring and Sally Burton.
Harbour Central will provide 624 homes for private sale, 277 intermediate and affordable rented homes, 10,538 sq ft of ground floor retail and commercial premises and an 11,292 sq ft six-storey New York-style entertainment and leisure facility.
The architectural centrepiece of Harbour Central will be two iconic high rise residential towers, 41- and 35-storeys high, providing homes for private sale comprising studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and four/five-bedroom premier and duplex penthouses.
The towers have striking New York style Art Deco themed façades with expanses of glass, bronze effect panels and ceramics with brise-soleil feature screens and traditional and covered balconies.
The third tower will be 24 storeys high and features apartments for private sale, whilst the final pair of towers, eight- and 27-storeys high, will provide intermediate and affordable rented homes. At the base of some of the towers will be high quality retail and commercial premises for shops, cafes, bars and restaurants.
Located by Millharbour Dock Basin, where the area’s most prestigious residential buildings are situated, Harbour Central is five minutes’ walk from Canary Wharf – itself a major transport hub with underground, Docklands Light Railway, Thames Clipper shuttle services and the London City Airport.
Crossrail is also scheduled for 2018.
Harbour Central launches in the U.K. today (Thursday) with the release of apartments in the 41-storey Maine Tower. Studios average 370 sq ft in size and prices start from £350,000, while a three-bedroom apartment average 1,075 sq ft in size and will set you back from £1.25 million.
Source: www.galliardhomes.com
Andrew Batt, International Group Editor of PropertyGuru Group, wrote this story. To contact him about this or other stories email andrew@propertyguru.com.sg