Plan for 109 London properties at average of £2m each causes anger in borough hit by housing crisis

A property developer forecasting a profit of tens of millions of pounds from a luxury apartment complex on London’s “Billionaires Row”, has claimed it cannot afford to subsidise a single affordable home there.

In a move that has caused anger in a borough blighted by an affordable housing crisis, Harrison Varma argued its plan to build 109 “high-end” homes with an indoor pool, gym, spa and underground parking on The Bishops Avenue in north London, left no money for cheaper housing.

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