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Stratford City
Stratford, located at the centre of the Thames Gateway, is the primary location for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It will house the 2012 International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and Main Press Centre (MPC) which will support around 20,000 broadcasters, photographers and journalists communicating the Games to an audience of four billion people worldwide. The Centres will create just under 900,000 square feet of business space in legacy with the potential to generate thousands of new jobs.
2012 International Broadcast and Press Centres
Supporting the media industries within the Thames Gateway, the International Broadcast Centre (IBC) and Main Press Centre (MPC) will combine an innovative mixture of permanent and temporary elements during the Games and have been designed to be as flexible as possible to accommodate a range of legacy tenants and uses.
The MPC will meet demanding green standards in legacy through innovations including the use of recycled non-drinking water collected across the Olympic Park and new habitats to attract wildlife including a ‘brown roof’ and bird boxes.
Not only will the Games will have its main base at the Olympic Park in Stratford, but the new Stratford City accommodation will serve as the Olympic Village, housing athletes before being re-configured for the property market, post-Games. The 2012 legacy plans also include the largest new urban park in Europe for over a Century and a new university.
Key facts
- Largest mixed-use urban regeneration project ever seen in UK
- 5.0 million sq ft high-quality office space
- Nearly 5,000 new homes supported by new primary and secondary schools and a new primary healthcare and walk in NHS centre
- Expected to open up jobs in key sectors including finance and business services, retail and leisure and hospitality
- High quality retail centre with John Lewis and Waitrose amongst the first retailers to commit
- Expansion of Stratford Regional Station and 2 new bus stations
- Bridge link between Stratford City and existing town centre
