NewsEast meets West at Chelsea Flower ShowA garden inspired by the wonders of East London's Olympic Park and its environs is delighting visitors to this year's Chelsea Flower Show - ahead of returning to its spiritual home. iCITY inks Press and Broadcast Centres dealLondon Mayor Boris Johnson has announced the completion of a deal that secures the future of Olympic Park's Press and Broadcast Centres - the last remaining permanent venues from the 2012 Games. Design team appointed for The GoodsyardHammerson and the Ballymore Group have revealed the design team that will bring forward development proposals for their Goodsyard mixed-use scheme in Shoreditch. Safestore eyes £300m Whitechapel developmentStorage firm Safestore has appointed architects Allford Hall Monaghan to create plans for a £300 million redevelopment of its Stepney Way site in Whitechapel. Funding boost for East Thames charity schemesStratford City department store John Lewis has donated £35,000 to fund projects run by the charitable arm of housing association East Thames Group. College mulls Olympic Park developmentUniversity College London is in discussions to create a £1 billion campus on Olympic Park after plans to locate the new development on the nearby Carpenters Estate fell through, it has emerged. East London wins office-to-resi exemptionsA nucleus of East London boroughs has headed up a small group of councils to win exemptions to the government's plans to ease rules on converting office buildings into homes. Surveys support new Thames crossingsPublic consultations on new East London river crossings have found significant support for two proposed "fixed" routes. 'Significant progress' on Sanofi site fundingLobbying work to help fund the key research-and-manufacturing element of the redevelopment of Dagenham's 43ha Sanofi site is advancing well, the company said. Deal on for E14 'twin tower' siteA site on the edge of Poplar Dock with permission for two interlinked tower blocks is close to being bought by property firm Essential Living, it has been reported. SPONSORS
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