Coliseum Building under renewed threat of Betting shop lease

Yesterday I received the following email which I have forwarded to the GLSG and avid Lammy. So far I have heard back from Any Newman at the GRA, but have no furethr news to add at this point.

Dear Hugh,

I hope you are very well and enjoyed a lovely Christmas and New Year.

I just wanted to touch base with you on the subject of 11 Salisbury Promenade and the usage of the shop premises. Since our correspondence in October last year, Richard Cleminson, our commercial services director has been working with Rob and Shef at the Green Lane Traders Association in an attempt to find an alternate tenant for the premises. In addition, Richard has had a meeting with Rob, Shef and Mark Smith of the Greater London Authority to look at a long term solution.

Various discussions have been held regarding the options available with quite a few possibilities put forward and subsequently investigated. We have been as keen as Rob and the local residents to secure a tenant for the shop which would benefit the local area. Unfortunately it seems that after the three month reprieve, an alternative has not been found and despite following up with Rob regarding the latest proposals offered before Christmas, we have heard nothing back and assume he has had no success in pursuing this option.

I’m sure you appreciate that we cannot delay this any longer and so it seems likely that we may need to pursue the betting office again. I wanted to let you know as perhaps you would prefer to make one final announcement / call to action on the blog which may highlight the urgency to residents to source an alternative tenant. Of course if you do, I would very much appreciate your highlighting how hard we have worked to source an alternative. We do feel that we have been as accommodating as possible in this instance but do need to focus on the business interests of the site which is currently a loss maker for us.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Kaylene

Kaylene Smith

PR Manager

Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward 

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