IceLand

[cb10]

so what is going to be where Iceland was?

[yeknomyeknom]

Love this

[easytiger]

Nobody knows.

[first mate]

Some kind of M&S, it is said.

Above the retail store the developers plan to build two floors of office spaces and then add another, new level, raising the overall build to four stories and here they plan two penthouses.

The developers want to do this, despite in earlier plans being quite clear that there is no call for office space but a great demand for affordable flats. Note they already had permission to build 8 flats on the floors they are now calling office space. But this way, the penthouse, extra floor route,they make the money with less outlay. They then plan to avoid social housing rules by eventually making the offices into flats. Of course this will drag the build out but hey, who cares so long as community minded developers and the retail stores like M&S who work with them to game the planning system, have their pockets full.

Oh and they have also recently put in to build a substation there too.

[worldwiser]

Your ability to summarise 70 pages of the thread in question is a credit to you.

[Curmudgeon]

Oh I hope it's an Iceland

[Seabag]

Curmudgeon Wrote:

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> Oh I hope it's an Iceland

Yeah, I'm thinking this idea might have legs

[DulwichFox]

Yep.. An Iceland but with East Dulwich prices. Tea Bags ?4.50 for 12.

That might help some people feel better about themselves when shopping there. :)

Foxy

[Earl Aelfheah]

I'm glad there is another thread on this. The last one tailed off so quickly, it just left so much to still be discussed.

[jacks09]

Genuinely, I thought it was all set to be an M and S? has that changed? Sorry I haven't kept up with the other thread

[LondonMix]

First Mate's post is correct, everyone else is taking the piss. Its going to be and M&S and the last update was its scheduled to open summer 2016.

[Kbomb]

It is going to be a Marks. Shame really as I would have preferred a Waitrose, but I guess you can't have everything in life.

[steveo]

Would that be everything in life?

[Seabag]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Yep.. An Iceland but with East Dulwich prices. Tea

> Bags ?4.50 for 12.

>

> That might help some people feel better about

> themselves when shopping there. :)

>

> Foxy

And why would paying ?4.50 for 12 make people feel better Foxx

?

[DulwichFox]

Seabag Wrote:

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> DulwichFox Wrote:

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> > Yep.. An Iceland but with East Dulwich prices.

> Tea

> > Bags ?4.50 for 12.

> >

> > That might help some people feel better about

> > themselves when shopping there. :)

> >

> > Foxy

>

> And why would paying ?4.50 for 12 make people feel

> better Foxx

>

> ?

Because it would take away the Stigma of the '?-Shop image' that some people had about Iceland.

Foxy.

[edhistory]

LondonMix Wrote:

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> Its going to be and M&S and the

> last update was its scheduled to open summer 2016.

Has this ever been verified?

[Seabag]

DulwichFox Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > DulwichFox Wrote:

> >

> --------------------------------------------------

>

> > -----

> > > Yep.. An Iceland but with East Dulwich

> prices.

> > Tea

> > > Bags ?4.50 for 12.

> > >

> > > That might help some people feel better

> about

> > > themselves when shopping there. :)

> > >

> > > Foxy

> >

> > And why would paying ?4.50 for 12 make people

> feel

> > better Foxx

> >

> > ?

>

> Because it would take away the Stigma of the

> '?-Shop image' that some people had about

> Iceland.

>

> Foxy.

Righty Ho

[Jeremy]

Iceland's image problem has nothing to do with the prices.

[LondonMix]

I haven't confirmed it but another regular poster did directly with M&S regarding the timeline. The planning application itself makes it clear the tenant is M&S as the freeholder sought specific approval for the firms signage.

[natty01295]

Can people Afford there expensive prices??

Iceland was better value! ?

How long do think this shop will last/stay Open ?

[solar]

I suspect people who can afford to move into East Dulwich will be able to afford M&S prices and I expect M&S will be there a long time.

[LondonMix]

Brixton and Eltham both have M&S's. Its hardly a shop that only appears in the wealthiest of wealthy neighbourhoods.

[Penguin68]

I shopped regularly in the Brixton M&S at the time of, indeed on the Saturday of, the Brixton riots. It was then a well-used store. And, that Saturday, still untouched by the riots, which had started the night before, although the rioting on Saturday was more intense. It shows something of our own insecurities that we see M&S as a middle class destination store. It was just a store, in Brixton, way back then (and the go-to place for socks and knickers).

[tomskip]

Thanks for that summary first mate. Helpful for those of us who haven't been following the whole saga. I too would have preferred a Waitrose to M&S, but even better if it could have stayed as was with affordable housing above.

[Jeremy]

Well... M&S IS more expensive than most other supermarkets, and their advertising obviously attempts to project an upmarket-ish image, so that could explain the "middle class destiation" tag, rather than simply our own perceptions.

Can people afford it? If you can afford a ?1M house then a ?5 curry is hardly going to break the bank.