Peabody to buy Holloway prison site
The Ministry of Justice has sold the Holloway Prison site in North London to housing association Peabody, the Islington Gazette reports.
1,000 new homes are planned for the site, and 60 per cent will be genuinely affordable, meaning they will be available at social rent, for shared ownership, or the Mayor of London's living rent. Over 400 of the homes will be for social rent. A women's centre and public green space will also be...