Q3
2023

Co-Living at Stratford

Our mission is to create a vibrant community of young professionals in Stratford through providing an affordable, high quality and comfortable living environment. We achieve this by bringing the co-living model to the historic building situated within the St. John Conservation Area. By offering 30 fully furnished flats of varied sizes, we ensure to meet the diverse needs and positive wellbeing of all residents.

The Co-living model is built upon the cornerstones of sharing, both space and values. Communal spaces, such as a gym, cinema, garden and working spaces will be ubiquitously located throughout the structure to strengthen the connections and the networks within the co-living community. Whether you are looking to have some social fun or to relax alone, you will find your perfect space at co-living.

Situated on Broadway, the building is within 5-minute walking distance from Stratford Underground, where the DLR, TFL Rail and Central and Jubilee lines are available. It is also a 10-minute walk from Westfield Stratford City, a vibrant hub of local amenities. Numerous public green areas flourish in the building’s vicinity, with the closest being Stratford Park at a 5 minutes walking distance and others being Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, West Ham Park and Forest Lane Park, all within 1km radius.

Heritage

The existing building is constituted by 3 storeys and a basement for mixed use purposes. The co-living entrance retains use of the main central stair and is accessible via Broadway, Stratford. The building features a flat roof and being a ‘High Victorian former bank’, as stated in the Conservation Area Appraisal, it is
characterized by four chimneys stacks that are noted as a
predominant architectural feature in this zone. The building has
had long standing prominence on the Broadway but has suffered from poor usage and demands as an office in its recent condition since NatWest Bank vacated the site in the
late 1980’s. Key characteristics of the facade and original plan will be retained. Careful adaptive reuse will be key to unlocking the full potential of the building form and we will propose discreet extensions to enhance the setting of the Grade 2 listed former bank.

The first records of Stratford, which was rich in agriculture, appear from
Roman times. The origins of the name come from ‘Straet Forda’, an
allusion to the location of the settlement on the Roman London to
Colchester road at the point of crossing (or fording) the river Lae. The London to Colchester road was constructed by Romans during the Julio-Claudian period between AD 43-68.

The area was rich in agriculture. This supported the establishment in 1135 of The Abbey of Stratford Langthorne, as a daughter house of the abbey of Savigny in Normandy (Victoria County History via British History Online, 2020). It was a Cistercian abbey and included in its ownership were two mills and license to cut wood and put sheep to pasture. Over the centuries the sovereign granted churches and rectories to the abbey. Regarding its
status as an abbey it is asserted in the Victoria County History, ‘... it
was one of the richest...owing to its proximity to London.’ (ibid). The abbey was surrendered to King Henry VIII in 1538 (ibid).

A major stimulus to Stratford’s first rapid expansion, which occurred in
the 19th century, was the introduction of the railway to the area in 1839. A second rapid growth which reversed the economic decline of the 20th century was catalysed by the regeneration of the area due to the 2012 Summer Olympics. It is now an improving and affordable area for
residents.

The Historic England list description for 49-51 Broadway dates the building from 1867. The building was constructed purposefully as a bank and became a branch of London and County Banking Co., which is historically connected to the Nat West Bank. In 1909 The London and County Banking Co.
merged with London and Westminster Bank to form London
County and West- minster Bank to be named, in 1923, as Westminster Bank Ltd.

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Meet the Team

Alex Wong - Director

Raymond Lam - Director

Philip Arevalo - Project Architect

Mirorslaw Przybysz - Project Architet

Mike Osman - Planning Director

Claire Truman - Heritage Architect

Marks Heeley - Structural Engineer

Amy Chong - Project Accounts Manager

Ashly Yang Parodi - Business Development Manager

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ATW Properties UK Ltd

16 Ingestre Place

London England

W1F 0JJ