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News Release from: LHA-ASRA Group | Subject: Redevelopment
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2006
Cinema scheme a 'must see'
ASRA Greater London Housing Association has been told by Lewisham Borough Council it can commence building mixed tenure scheme on what was the old Electric Cinema site.
A new £5 million redevelopment programme to build 28 new homes, office and retail units on a disused cinema site in south east London has been given local council go-ahead ASRA Greater London Housing Association has been told by Lewisham Borough Council it can commence building the mixed tenure scheme on what was the old Electric Cinema site and coaching stables on New Cross Road, SE14
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 2 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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ASRA is also building for the NDC (New Deal for Communities), based in New Cross, providing a further five residential apartments and additional office space (which will be occupied by the NDC), and a restaurant/cafe to be leased to Lewisham College and used as a training location for catering students.
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"Lewisham has a long term identified requirement for affordable housing, and this redevelopment will go a long way in meeting that need," said LHA-ASRA's group development director, Mukhtar Latif.
"You can't beat the location either - the Electric Empire site will offer excellent transport links for residents, and is close to a huge variety of shopping, business and leisure facilities".
The scheme forms part of ASRA's overall 2006 - 2008 development programme to provide 460 houses and apartments across the capital thanks to an allocation of £36.5m from the Housing Corporation (the government body which funds and regulates housing associations).
"ASRA continues to acquire an increasing number of new development sites, boosting the number of affordable homes built for rent, and expanding low-cost shared-ownership housing for potential buyers including key workers," adds Mukhtar Latif.
Part of the LHA-ASRA housing group, ASRA was originally established to meet the needs of Asian elders, but increasingly provides a range of accommodation for people of all ethnicities, faiths and backgrounds.
Its developments and services cover 20 London boroughs and five local authorities in the south east.
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