Embassy Gardens Embassy Gardens in
Nine Elms is a 2,000-home complex, positioned alongside the
US Embassy (which opened in 2018) and near
Battersea Power Station. In 2018, the US Embassy relocated from
Grosvenor Square to Embassy Gardens. The land on which the current embassy stands was sold to the
US government by the Ballymore Group after a deal was reached in 2008. As well as the US embassy,
the Netherlands relocated its embassy to the area, an office building subsequently sold to
Kennedy Wilson for £177.5m in June 2021. The development includes a "world first": a sky pool suspended 10-storeys high between two apartment blocks, allowing residents to swim between the buildings. The pool is designed to appear as though it floats in the air and uses 20 cm-thick glass so that swimmers have uninterrupted views of London, including the
London Eye and the
Palace of Westminster. In March 2021, Embassy Garden's residents were reported by the
Financial Times as being "trapped" in their apartments, with one resident reporting that the service charge had increased by 58 per cent over 5 years to an annual charge of just over £6,500. This is an increase of between 10 - 15% per annum, well above the UK's inflation rate of 2.9% per annum during that period.
New Providence Wharf Ballymore's New Providence Wharf is a 559-apartment scheme, which altered the skyline east of London's
Canary Wharf. However, following the 2017
Grenfell Tower fire, it emerged that New Providence Block A-E in Fairmont Avenue used the same
aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding. More than 500 households would, on average, have to pay over £4,000 each after freeholder Landor Residential, part of the Ballymore group, refused to cover the cost of recladding the block. In February 2019, Ballymore offered a 20% contribution towards recladding costs, but gave leaseholders a two-week ultimatum to foot the rest of the £2.4m bill, despite stated
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government policy that leaseholders should not to be made to pay to remediate dangerous cladding systems. The blaze affected parts of the 8th, 9th and 10th floors, and resulted in two people being taken to hospital, plus the evacuation of 42 people. Ballymore said the ACM played no part in the blaze. A
London Fire Brigade report about the fire revealed serious safety failings, including a broken ventilation system which meant the building acted like a "broken chimney" while escape routes filled with smoke.
Wardian London Wardian London, on the
Isle of Dogs, consists of two towers, of 55 and 50 storeys, which contain 764 apartments, all with balconies and private gardens. The development features more than 100 different species of exotic plants and its own indoor and outdoor landscaping service.
Royal Wharf Ballymore is involved with the regeneration of
the Royal Docks, which is seeing £6 billion of private sector investment. West of
Thames Barrier Park, it is building
Royal Wharf between the river and Silvertown Way, which will have a 550-yard river frontage and include over 3000 homes, two parks and a new school. In April 2017,
Investec supported the
Silvertown development with a loan of £18m. In January 2019, construction work started on a new riverboat terminal, Royal Wharf Pier. This will allow
Thames Clippers to provide a service to the more than 10,000 residents who will live in the 3,385 riverside properties being built by Ballymore in the Royal Docks regeneration area. Royal Wharf has been plagued by problems, with many doors at the development constantly broken, leading to protests from residents. Ballymore is also developing the adjacent riverfront site to the west, Riverscape, to provide 769 homes.
London City Island and Goodluck Hope Ballymore is also responsible for a multi-million pound
Canning Town development, City Island, a 12-acre island site that includes 1,000 homes as well as shops and restaurants. Inspired by Manhattan, the development won the top prize at the 2017 London
Evening Standard New Homes Awards, and is expected to become a cultural hub, home to the
London Film School and the
English National Ballet. In 2019, English National Ballet was set to move from its 40-year-old home at Markova House in
South Kensington into a new 8,600 sq. m facility, four times the size of its previous home. South of London City Island, Goodluck Hope is a riverside development located across from the
O2 Arena at North Greenwich. Nearby, Ballymore was selected by
Places for London to develop the Limmo Peninsula site, south of
Canning Town station, delivering 1,400 new homes.
Other London developments In May 2017 it was announced that the group was working in partnership with the Hong Kong Chinese Kwok family, who are controlling shareholders in
Sun Hung Kai Properties. In October 2018, it was reported that this joint venture would deliver a £1bn skyscraper scheme in the
Isle of Dogs in London's docklands. The Millharbour Quarter will comprise 1,513 homes at
Millwall Dock. Other Isle of Dogs projects include
Baltimore Tower and
Pan Peninsula. West of Millharbour, Ballymore's plans for a 51-storey residential tower at Cuba Street were withdrawn for
fire safety reasons in January 2022 after London Fire Brigade raised concerns about its reliance on a single staircase for emergency exit. Further east in the Royal Docks area of Silvertown, Ballymore applied for planning permission in October 2021 to redevelop an industrial area off Thames Road, east of Thames Barrier Park and southwest of
London City Airport; 1,610 new homes, ranging from three-storey townhouses to 15-18 storey apartment blocks are planned. Consent for the scheme, revised to 1,685 homes plus a school, commercial workspaces, a park, and retail and community spaces, was given in January 2026, with construction expected to start in 2027. Ballymore is also planning a 1,700-home development spanning 5.26ha at Knights Road (situated to the west of Lyle Park, Riverscape and Royal Wharf) in west Silvertown, which was approved by Newham Council in April 2026. ==Other UK developments==