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"It also contains 1.1 million sqft of office space, the UK’s largest casino, three hotels, over 50 restaurants, 5,000 parking spaces, its own bus station and a 17-screen 3D cinema capable of screening films on request. Westfield has also forensically identified a catchment area of 4.1 million residents stretching as far as Hertfordshire and Sussex.
"The 100-acre wider Stratford City masterplan also envisages an additional 1 million sqft of retail, 5 million sqft of offices and 16,000 homes. So Westfield Stratford City is not just a shopping centre; it is city-engineering on a monumental scale, and the starting pistol for the creation of a brand new London neighbourhood."
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[Whereas, Brent Cross, in the London Borough of Barnet, is an imposed,
car-based, dated and unwanted scheme, of dubious merit.
Other than that, ...]
car-based, dated and unwanted scheme, of dubious merit.
Other than that, ...]
Overground to Stratford
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