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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/151010#msg-151010</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (els76uk)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[since the borisbike dock isn't working, maybe that counts as art? :)]]></description>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/151009#msg-151009</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Merlin Rouge)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Seems like the website [url=http://www.stratalondonart.com/]Stratalondonart.com[/url] is down. This was where the art that was chosen from the students of Camberwell Art School could be seen. The same art that people are describing above that was up in the empty units at the bottom.<br />
<br />
Doesn't really seem like £100,000 worth of hard cash has been spent really. <br />
<br />
Couldn't we have a nice statue outside on the pavement? A giant pink elephant maybe. Or a day-glo animated Charlie Chaplin or some such nonsense. He he]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/150984#msg-150984</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (beetroot)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I'm keen on statues, but what if the people responsible for strata chose it? Why make the Elephant even uglier?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/150980#msg-150980</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (zefrog)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The programme will carry on for years to come (I don't remember the details unfortunately) and they will in the end spend all the money they pledged. <br />
<br />
I do agree that it's a bit of a cop out though. I would have prefered a statue or some such. <br />
<br />
I am guessing Southwark's planning department would be in charge of enforcing S106s.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/150979#msg-150979</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (els76uk)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[who's responsible for enforcing S106 agreements? what happens if the developer just doesn't bother doing what they said they'd do (as, it appears, in this case). <br />
<br />
if the developer really reckons a few students' photos on vinyl counts as £100,000, they're having a laugh at our expense.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (zefrog)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[yes. Though it's not easy to explain how. <br />
<br />
There was an exhibition in one of the commercial units. Artworks produced by LCC students, I think. These are not shows as giant stickers on window panes on each side of the entrance to the building. More graphic design than art, really...]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Merlin Rouge)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[[quote TAK]On another topic, I thought there was a section 106 clause for some public art located in the space between tower and pavillion building. <br />
Does anyone know what's happening with this?[/quote]<br />
<br />
Strata Section 106 Agreement<br />
PUBLIC ART (definition): A work of art to be installed within the entrance area of the Development predominantly of glass unless otherwise agreed<br />
<br />
8 PUBLIC ART<br />
8.1: Prior to Occupation, the Developer will commission and install within the Development the Public Art. The value of the Public Art (including the cost of installation) shall be approximately £100,000<br />
<br />
Did this ever surface?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/140174#msg-140174</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (James Hatts)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[According to [url=http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/DocsOnline/Documents/156265_1.pdf]this letter[/url] submitted in connection with a planning application for the continued use of the pavilion building as an estate agent's office, Costa Coffee and Crussh have expressed interest in the retail units at the bottom of the tower.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 17:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/139062#msg-139062</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Ivanhoe)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[We get a good view of the turbines from our place.  Hardly ever see them turning, and generally only ever see one turning at once.  Saw all three going at once a week or two back, which was quite remarkable.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:54:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/139043#msg-139043</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (The Mapmaker)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The bearings will become noisy.  As I've posted previously the engineers who put them in reputedly give them a life measured in months not years before the bearing noise is unbearable in the building.  Presumably explains why they're running only one turbine at once, only occasionally.  Should last for years that way!<br />
<br />
Haven't seen one running for several days now.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/138937#msg-138937</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (sean@elephant)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I don't think you're supposed to be able to here them whilst near or in the building. Most of the noise is heard at a radius of around 1 mile around the building.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:08:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/138905#msg-138905</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Zappomatic)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I've heard them in Hampton Street and Crampton Street, and also between O Central and the railway line.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/138903#msg-138903</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Bethan)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[You can hear the turbines when walking along Hampton Street, which is behind Strata.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 22:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/138900#msg-138900</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (els76uk)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Zappomatic, where are you standing when you say you're behind te building? Do you mean south of the building, on the ground? Because I've been beside and behind the building while the turbines and not heard a thing. Or maybe you're in the apartment underneath the turbines, having paid £££ for your apartment?<br />
<br />
Or perhaps you do actually have a box of demented frogs about your person? :)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:37:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Zappomatic)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Turbines have been running this week and as before sound like a bunch of demented frogs to anyone behind the building.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 21:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (jamesup)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[per square foot, I presume.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:05:28 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/138816#msg-138816</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (jackie rokotnitz)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[MAPMAKER!! Glad you're still alive. What does psf mean?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Re: Strata - Castle House development - aka Multiplex Tower</title>
      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/138804#msg-138804</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (The Mapmaker)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[A cool £1,300 psf to listen to those turbines until they're finally condemned.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:34:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Merlin Rouge)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Checked the Strata website for availability - <br />
<br />
[b]STRATA SKY COLLECTION[/b]: Still for sale<br />
<br />
Level 41 - Apt 41.05   3 Bedroom Apartment  £2,500,000<br />
<br />
Level 41 - Apt 41.01   3 Bedroom Apartment  £2,500,000<br />
<br />
[b]LESSER NON -SKY:[/b]<br />
<br />
Level 39 - Apt 39.01   3 Bedroom Apartment   £1,150,000<br />
<br />
Who is realistically going to buy these? Celebs? Investors? Astronomers? <br />
<br />
When I downloaded the Sky Collection brochure, it was blank? Not sure why! Maybe it's a secret. <br />
<br />
[url=http://extras.stratalondon.com/pdfs/Strata_Sky_Collection_Bro.pdf]http://extras.stratalondon.com/pdfs/Strata_Sky_Collection_Bro.pdf[/url]<br />
<br />
What strikes me also about these multi-millionaire pads is how tacky and lifeless they seem in the decor and fittings department. Each to their own.<br />
<br />
Remember though! &quot;[i]What truly sets Strata apart is one simple fact: you can live in it.[/i]&quot;  Quote from the website! Amazing! You can live in it!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 12:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (edd54)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[I think the penthouses at the top are still vacant (it's listed in another section of their website 'sky collection'). Views to kill for, huh?<br />
<br />
Also, my understanding is the higher you go up the tower, the higher the valuation of the flats.... hence so many high levels still being available.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 17:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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      <link>http://www.london-se1.co.uk/forum/read/1/65458/138283#msg-138283</link>
      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Merlin Rouge)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Weren't there some fancy penthouses right at the top? Did they sell? Pretty high up huh!]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 14:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (TAK)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[[quote edd54]Fair number of flats remain for sale:<br />
http://extras.stratalondon.com/availability#sort_order=ace&amp;sort_by=floor<br />
<br />
I was also coming on to post the same thing - I've seen all three turbines working (only ever seen two before!) on multiple occasions on the past three days. Quite unbelievable! This is possibly one of the messengers of the apocalypse. (Messenger 2: work actually starting on Oakmayne Plaza)[/quote]<br />
<br />
13 out of about 300 private flats / 408 apartments in total is not bad at all I think. Interesting how all of them seem to be near the top of the building though.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Boroman)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Breathtaking views, but not an opening window to be had in order to take that breath?-\]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (edd54)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Fair number of flats remain for sale:<br />
http://extras.stratalondon.com/availability#sort_order=ace&amp;sort_by=floor<br />
<br />
I was also coming on to post the same thing - I've seen all three turbines working (only ever seen two before!) on multiple occasions on the past three days. Quite unbelievable! This is possibly one of the messengers of the apocalypse. (Messenger 2: work actually starting on Oakmayne Plaza)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Apr 2011 11:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Merlin Rouge)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[[quote graham]The sale of the remaining empty flats.[/quote]<br />
<br />
Are there any empty flats?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:31:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (jamesup)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[[quote jackie rokotnitz]Happy to know I'm wrong and that the turbines are going, but to what effect is the question. WHAT exactly are they powering?[/quote]<br />
<br />
Power goes into the National Grid, so it's powering a bit of everything ;)]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (graham)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[The sale of the remaining empty flats.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (jackie rokotnitz)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Happy to know I'm wrong and that the turbines are going, but to what effect is the question. WHAT exactly are they powering?]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (williamn)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Seems like that window cleaning crane is constantly out]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 11:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>forum@london-se1.co.uk (Merlin Rouge)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[[quote eddglynn]All 3 are spinning this morning![/quote]<br />
<br />
Ribit, ribit, ribit.<br />
<br />
Going tha way later. Will check it out!]]></description>
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