c/london · by okwithmydecay@leminal.space · 246d

Famous south London food hall set for demolition to stay open until end of next year

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/mercato-metropolitano-demolition-closure-date-b1263395.html

Mercato Metropolitano will be knocked down to make way for 900 new homes

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9point6@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 246d (4 replies)

Oh that's a big shame

Not been in a little while, had it been going downhill or is this just greed?

okwithmydecay@leminal.space · 3 pts · 246d

It's being demolished after the council decided to turn the site into flats.

Mercato Metropolitano has confirmed that its Elephant & Castle site will stay open until the end of 2026 after plans to bulldoze it to make way for almost 900 flats were approved earlier this year.

Southwark councillors approved the Borough Triangle development, which will see 892 homes built in tower blocks up to 44 storeys high, during a planning meeting in March.

devnev@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 246d (2 replies)

Could be neither? Ain't gonna make progress on the housing crisis without demolishing something

9point6@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 246d (1 reply)

I hate to break it to you, but not one of those new houses is going to go to someone who actually needs a house

Most of them probably won't even have anyone living in them

devnev@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 246d

Citation needed for the second part. On the first part, it'd be nice if there was more affordable housing as part of newbuulds, but more housing supply will also depress the housing prices, and the attempts to block everything on affordability are just fueling the housing crisis.