City eyes mixed-use for vacant markets sites

By Tom Lowe2020-01-30T06:00:00

Historic markets set for Essex move

The relocation of three historic markets to a new site in Dagenham will free up huge tracts of land for mixed used developments, the City of London Corporation has said.

Smithfield, Billingsgate and New Spitalfields markets will be vacated from their existing sites and combined into a gargantuan triple market at a disused power-station site near Dagenham Dock, a location chosen for its links to the rail network and the River Thames.

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