Arrive and retreat: London’s ultra-prime apartment blocks as dark urban renaissance

Figures & data

Figure 1: Street context of key ultraland apartment blocks.

Table 1:  All empty homes, and as proportion of stock (Source: Action on Empty Homes 2023).

Inner London boroughs	Number of long term empty and second homes	1 in every ‘x’ homes out of use
Boroughs with ‘prime’ key property markets
Camden	8800	13
City of London	2044	4
Kensington and Chelsea	9599	9
Westminster	4183	31
All other inner boroughs
Greenwich	1771	70
Hackney	2163	55
Hammersmith and Fulham	3523	27
Islington	906	123
Lambeth	2398	62
Lewisham	1287	103
Newham	2302	56
Southwark	5801	26
Tower Hamlets	9399	16
Wandsworth	733	210

Figure 2: Retreat—Examples of ultraland entrances.

Figure 3: Arrival—Driveway mobilities.

Action on Empty Homes. 2023. Empty Homes Data by London Borough. Accessed February 16, 2024. https://www.actiononemptyhomes.org/facts-and-figures.

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