Embassy Gardens

Embassy Gardens is a residential and business development in the Nine Elms regeneration zone in London, England, surrounding the United States Embassy building opened in 2017.

A block of flats in Embassy Gardens

On 16 February 2012, Wandsworth Council approved Ballymore Group's plans for the 15-acre development. Embassy Gardens was intended to provide "up to 1,982 new homes alongside shops, cafes, bars, restaurants, business space, a 100 bed hotel, a health centre, children's playgrounds and sports pitches".[1]

In 2014, it was reported that Ballymore had engaged Lazard and CBRE Group to raise about €2.5bn to fund the Embassy Gardens development.[2]

In June 2017, 25 apartments were released for sale by EcoWorld Ballymore with prices for the homes that overlook a sky pool starting at £1million.[3][4] The sky pool is a world-first. The outdoor swimming pool is suspended 10 storeys high and acts as a bridge between two apartment blocks. It enables residents to swim between two buildings with views of the London Eye and Westminster Palace.[5]

References
  1. "Embassy Gardens plans approved". UK: Wandsworth Council. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  2. "Nick Webb: Mulryan is close to wiping slate clean - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  3. Enfield, Laura (2017-06-02). "Homes with a 25m Sky Pool at Embassy Gardens are set to go on sale". thewharf. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  4. "Yoga rooms, sky pools and film clubs... how property developers are chasing the millionaire millennials". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  5. "A world first: Battersea flats launch overlooking world's first glass-bottomed 'sky pool'". Homes and Property. 2017-05-30. Retrieved 2017-06-28.

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