The London Boroughs of Westfield

Lest Westfield White City is feeling out of it after all the attention given to Westfield at Stratford, the Bush now strikes back. An outline planning application (still strangely without drawings) was lodged at the end of August to beef up the White City site. Property Week says it amounts to a £1bn extension. They want three new blocks ranging from eight to 20 storeys high, connected to the existing centre by a high level podium; an 8-12 storey free-standing block to the south of Wood Lane Station; a building up to 8 storeys high to the east of the DIMCO Building (grade II listed, now serving as a bus depot); and a 4-5 storey addition to western wall of the existing shopping centre along Wood Lane. In all that, there'll be shops, restaurants, offices, and some 1,600 residential units. What chance does that give Auntie of selling Television Centre for the next ten years or so ?