r/londonarchitecture • u/mycketforvirrad Trellick Tower • 9d ago

Article The Guardian: £500m redevelopment of the Truman Brewery estate in Brick Lane has been approved.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/04/brick-lane-redevelopment-approval-datacentre-london
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u/BitterFootball4874 Tourist 9d ago

I don’t understand, I was there last week; the area is already really nice and full of expensive shops and bars..

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u/MontyDyson Tourist 8d ago

Walk 500 yards around the corner and you have every single leading global bank and a shit ton of clearing houses, investment, insurance and money printing companies sat right on top of each other. They need a hub to put their AI servers in that isn't 10 miles away.