Landsec shelves £1.5bn Lewisham redevelopment

Developer Landsec has put its £1.5bn redevelopment of Lewisham Shopping Centre on ice after rising construction costs and a stand-off over affordable housing blocked its route to delivery.
Work had been due to start next year on the south east London scheme, replacing the 1970s mall with a new shopping district and residential towers rising to 35 storeys.
The masterplan would deliver more than 1,700 homes, 660 student beds and 445 co-living rooms, alongside a 500-capacity music venue and r