West London exhibition centre to make way for 7,500 new homes.
The BBC is reporting that Earls Court Exhibition Centre in west London is to be demolished to make way for thousands of new homes.
Developers want to create four “villages” and a “high street” on a 77-acre site.
The scheme, straddling the boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham, is expected to take 20 years to complete.
Developers Capital and Counties said the plans will create 7,500 homes and thousands of permanent jobs.
But campaigners from Save Earl’s Court West Kensington & Gibbs Green estates said the “greedy scheme” will lead to thousands of job losses.
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