Osram Court has five storeys with 104 rented family units at sub-market rent.
The flats are arranged around a garden courtyard and sit above a Tesco superstore on the site of the former Osram lightbulb factory in Hammersmith, west London. The estate also has a purpose-built community office, meeting room, roof terrace and children's playground.
The Housing Commission has visited the scheme, as part of a tour of new developments to examine what kind of affordable housing could be achieved through the use of the space above commercial developments.
According to Livingstone the airspace above single-storey supermarkets, retail and leisure "shed"-style premises, petrol stations, schools and GP's surgeries could all be used for housing.
Source
Housing Today
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