A Muse partnership has completed a £200 million, 505-home waterside neighbourhood in North London.
Waterside Places, a partnership between Muse and the Canal & River Trust completed the five year Hale Wharf project located in Haringey, which includes local retail space, canal-side public realm and infrastructure.
The project goes towards the Mayor of London and the Greater London Authority’s aspiration for 2,000 new homes in the borough.
The first phase of development saw 249 homes delivered in 2018, with 108 for rent through leading landlord, Grainger plc.
The second and final phase has added a further 256 homes to Hale Wharf with 191 affordable homes for LB Haringey and Grainger plc acquiring 65 build-to-rent homes.
A new major pedestrian bridge across the River Lea Navigation has also been constructed to link the community to a 10-acre area of green space, the Paddock Community Nature Park.
The water’s edge has also received upgrades of access routes for commercial barges as well as canal wall repairs and the addition of floating reed beds.
Waterside places’ delivery partners include: McLaren Construction, Allies and Morrison as architect, with Stace acting as project manager.
Chris Coxall, project director at Muse, said: “Everyone working in regeneration wants to make a positive and lasting difference in the community.
“Our scheme has transformed a forgotten waterside area by the River Lee Navigation and created a great place to live with access to green space.
“The project team recognised the importance of looking beyond the red lines and have found ways to connect the community to a diverse environment of woodland, scrub, meadow and ponds – which makes a huge difference in a densely populated city.”
Haringey Council deputy leader and cabinet member for housing and planning Councillor Sarah Williams said: “Hale Wharf is a beautiful location overlooking the Paddock Community Nature Park, River Lea and Walthamstow Wetlands and the new homes will be life-changing for households living in temporary accommodation or in deeply unsuitable housing.
“We are committed to providing the safe, secure and spacious council homes our residents so desperately need, and we are on track to deliver 3,000 by 2031, with more than 2,000 homes already started or completed.”
Helen Gordon, Chief Executive, Grainger PLC said: “We are delighted to reach delivery of our second scheme at Hale Wharf.
“This enables us to build on the success of our Windlass Apartments development, which formed part of phase one, and sees the delivery of more much needed high-quality new homes and amenities, all supported by Grainger’s dedicated inhouse Resident Services team.”
“This is also our second scheme delivered in partnership with Waterside Places, collaborating to deliver new homes whilst transforming an underutilised urban waterside area.”
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