Category: Empire House

The Chiswick Shops Task Force, led by councillors from both councils that incorporate Chiswick, has published its first report: Ensuring a thriving retail economy in Chiswick. Nearly 18 months in the preparation, this detailed report highlights the threats to Chiswick’s unusually varied retail districts but also identifies opportunities to improve them further. Besides the obvious…

Chiswick Conservative councillors have given a cautious welcome to the recent announcement by the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham (LBH&F), endorsed by London’s Walking & Cycling Commissioner Will Norman, that “Cycle Superhighway 9 is no more in Hammersmith & Fulham”.  They have written to LBH&F leader Cllr Steve Cowan, and Hounslow (LBH) council’s leader…

Thanks to a resident posting on the chiswickw4.com discussion forum about an unauthorised encampment in Turnham Green ward late tonight, I immediately alerted Lendlease, the owner of this empty car park, the police and the Hounslow enforcement officer. In fact, Lendlease was already aware having been alerted by its 24-hour security service. The unauthorised encampment…

It’s Small Business Saturday and our local independent shops, cafes, pubs and restaurants would welcome your support on this special shopping day – and beyond.  Knowing how easy it is to get into a routine – visiting the same independents (or to keep meaning to divert from a supermarket or chain) how about going to…

Signs have gone up on Empire House on Chiswick High Road advertising the empty shop units for let, as promised by Lendlease when we met them a few weeks ago. The units, with lovely outlooks directly opposite Turnham Green, are being actively marketed by Lendlease’s agent, Nash Bond. Anyone wanting to set up a pop-up…

Lendlease, the freeholder of Empire House, is actively marketing the empty shops between Fuller’s The Old Pack Horse pub and the excellent family-run Wild Bunch juice bar and cafe – opposite Turnham Green on Chiswick High Road.   The shops are different sizes and currently stripped and bare but Lendlease will put in services as needed by the…