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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Ruth Bloomfield

Vibrant London neighbourhoods with thousands of new homes, good transport links and open spaces

The industrial wasteland around the former Millennium Dome, long since rebranded The O2, is now alive with new homes, shops, bars and restaurants, plus a cable car over the Thames

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A decade ago, the capital was in the thick of sporting excitement with the 2012 Olympics, an event that triggered a multi-billion pound investment into the previously unloved and low-key east London town of Stratford.

The art of taking a derelict or industrial swathe of land and creating a vibrant new quarter or neighbourhood is one of the key categories in our New Homes Awards.

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