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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Joanna Partridge

Canada Water: first homes for sale in new £5.6bn London neighbourhood

A British Land illustration of its new Canada Water development.
A British Land illustration of its new Canada Water development. The development covers 21.4 hectares (53 acres). Photograph: British Land

Just south of a bend in the Thames, a tower block is rising out of the ground, surrounded by several cranes and construction workers. So far, so standard for the capital’s never-ending development and redevelopment.

However, this block of flats is one of the first buildings being constructed at Rotherhithe, for Canada Water, a new London neighbourhood.

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