Constructing careers for the next generation
The drive to recruit more young people from London’s docklands into careers in the construction industry went up a gear as Ballymore celebrates its partnership with local boroughs in a new training programme aimed at supporting local talent.
Talk of the town
Seven new townhouses radically ‘reimagined’ to offer optimum open space and connectivity, lacking in ‘the little box’ design of most traditional models, are about make waves as they go on sale at London City Island.
Hitting the high notes - new jazz restaurant at Embassy Gardens
The trend pioneered by Ballymore to “create communities” reached the stars this week at the celebrity launch of the latest restaurant by award-winning Irish chef Robin Gill at the landmark Embassy Gardens development at Nine Elms.
Summer festival for Brentford riverside
A bumper summer festival of special events featuring live music, yoga, food markets – plus beer and blues– is coming to Brentford, whose riverside community is one of west London’s best-kept secrets.
“A community of creative people who want to help each other”
London City Island is providing creative workspace, co-working and affordable studios catering for everyone, from architects to ceramicists and fashion designers.
Biophilia: one small step in the quest for greener living
Urban dwellers are being offered new ways to reconnect with nature as health and wellness climb up Ballymore’s agenda
Surprise Cheltenham Festival triumph for Ballymore family
City Island, the horse owned by Bernardine Mulryan, wife of Ballymore’s chairman and Group Chief Executive Sean Mulryan, beat the favourite to win the Ballymore Novices’ Hurdle at this year’s Cheltenham Festival, the race sponsored by the Group.
Heritage and craftsmanship combine to create London’s most luxurious lobby
As residents begin to move in to the Legacy Building - the second phase of Embassy Gardens - the lobby can finally be appreciated as a sophisticated design statement that hovers somewhere between a five-star hotel, a classical palace and a London members’ club.
London Fashion Week comes to London City Island
A new, Island-born fashion brand was launched in Canning Town this week as Lucretia Sandu’s maiden runway show delivered an enchanting, theatrical performance, featuring exceptional designs, perfect choreography – and even two real life wolves.
We meet the youth charity making a real difference
A ground-breaking NGO, working in communities affected by crime and violence, is supporting thousands of young people to realise their potential.
Lifting the spirits
The latest addition from innovative premium bar and restaurant operators The Alchemist, specialising in the theatre of spectacular cocktails - is coming to Embassy Gardens.
All that jazz - oyster bar, bakery and grill set to open at Embassy Gardens
In his biggest project yet, the celebrated Irish chef Robin Gill is opening a new restaurant with a ‘retro’ style at the landmark Embassy Gardens development in Nine Elms. The latest venture by the Good Food Chef of the Year, Darby’s – a restaurant name inspired by the famed jazz career of Robin Gill’s father – will open its doors next spring on the ground floor of one of the buildings at Embassy Gardens linking the Sky Pool.
Ballymore backs ‘love letter to the city’
Ballymore is to be Principal Patron of next year’s Dublin Fringe Festival, the annual arts festival that prides itself on developing new talent
Sean Mulryan honoured by global philanthropic charity
The most prestigious award honouring “an outstanding contribution to Ireland and the Irish community in Great Britain” this year goes to the Founder and Group Chief Executive of Ballymore, Sean Mulryan.
Watch: Unity Arts Festival
The Unity Arts Festival in September 2018 was a weekend of exhibitions, installations and workshops celebrating the creativity and energy of east London’s most exciting new neighbourhood.
‘Art of selling apartments in London revealed’, The Times
"Ballymore is getting creative at its huge residential developments in London by putting culture at their heart"
Stars join Guggi for the launch of ‘Rice Bowl’
An evocative new sculpture, the first in the UK by the influential Irish artist Guggi, has arrived at Embassy Gardens – conferring another powerful boost to the cultural vibrancy of Nine Elms, south of the Thames.
Bringing charity into the heart of company culture
For Ballymore people, charity really does begin at home. From cycling, to rowing, to abseiling, to football, charity heroes from company directors to hundreds of employees gave up their spare time over the summer to help raise nearly £40,000 for good causes.
Royal Wharf team wins award for Excellence
Construction workers on Ballymore’s Royal Wharf development in London’s docklands have won the Seal of Excellence for Site Management accolade at the national 2018 NHBC (National House Building Council) Pride in The Job awards.
Debating the London Olympics’ lasting legacy
Civic leaders, developers and town planners joined Lord Coe to assess how the Olympics became a game changer in the development of east London.
“Everyone makes you feel you are part of something”
Ballymore has eight apprentice administrators working on its sky-high Wardian development. Here, one of them, Mo Hassan, explains why reaching the top has always been his goal.
Ballymore announce planned sale of One Embassy Gardens
The flagship office building at Embassy Gardens in Nine Elms, neighbouring the new US Embassy and the ‘tech clustering’ at Apple’s new London campus at Battersea Power Station has gone on sale.
Major arts festival debuts at City Island and Goodluck Hope
The most ambitious arts festival to be staged in London’s docklands is planned on the Leamouth peninsular in late September bringing together a local galaxy of 150 independent arts organisations to forge “an incredible island of the arts.”
Pioneers of modern living
The Isokon in north London is a classic example of the quest for viable ways people can live together - a challenge that has exercised the minds of developers and architects for decades and continues today.
Rock around the dock
London ‘s 2012 Olympics has been credited with kickstarting the regeneration of east London but more than 20 years earlier a rock spectacular made docklands a destination.
Douglass Tower - a place to live, work and play
The tallest tower on Goodluck Hope honours Britain’s master lighthouse builder - famed for his love of heights and ingenuity
“There’s nothing a woman can’t do on a construction site”
Ballymore wants to attract more women into its workforce. One of its ‘ambassadors’, Donna Keogh, explains why negotiating skills are now more sought after than strength if you want to work on site.
“You can’t just rely on the Thames”
As part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture, Glenn Howells led a tour of Royal Wharf, a new neighbourhood in the heart of the Royal Docks regeneration area.
Six reasons to visit Nine Elms
Nine Elms, extending from Lambeth Bridge in the north to Chelsea Bridge in the south, is by far the largest riverside regeneration in London. And it’s an area full of interesting things to do and see from the new US Embassy to the one of the best coffee shops on the South Bank.
Food glorious food heads south for the summer
A choice selection of London’s most popular street traders is heading for Embassy Gardens market on Saturday July 28 offering an international range of mouth-watering produce - from fresh pasta to swordfish burgers, from cookies and fudge to Japanese gyoza dumplings.
Health is the new hedonism
Goodluck Hope will be hosting a weekend urban retreat dedicated to fitness and fun.
Destination south for London’s all-night arts festival
The capital’s largest free contemporary arts festival is heading south of the river with a dozen internationally renowned artists exhibiting in new and iconic locations from the Hayward Gallery through Nine Elms to Battersea Power Station.
New Birmingham landmark tops out with a midas touch
Birmingham’s new Three Snowhill office development, the largest speculative city-centre scheme outside London, has topped out - with a touch of gold.