Residential and development

London residential towers ‘unnecessary’ to boost housing supply

By 2014-06-10T11:43:00

Berkeley Homes Capital The Tower at Saffron Square Tower, Croydon

The boom in tall towers in London is being driven by overseas demand for “glitzy high-rise towers”, rather than the housing shortage in the capital, former City planning officer Peter Rees claimed today.

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