About 24,000 commercial properties in London that could
be turned into temporary housing or workspaces are lying empty, a report has
found. Research from Centre for London discovered the floor space of unused
buildings amounted to about 1.8 million sq m (2,700 hectares) of land. The
think tank said temporary schemes like Boxparks and gardens had proven popular
but there was space for more. It has called for more flexibility to set up
"meanwhile projects." Read more on the BBC website.
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