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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ross Lydall

£2bn plan unveiled to bring the Royal Docks back to life

A new bid to transform the Royal Docks in east London was launched by Sadiq Khan on Thursday.

This includes the search for a new development partner to regenerate historic Royal Albert Dock after a scheme backed by former mayor Boris Johnson to attract Asian businesses created a “ghost town”, with office blocks standing empty.

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