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Linden Homes and VW partner in residential development

Source: http://www.building.co.uk

Car maker will occupy ground three floors and invest £10m into project.Linden Homes is investing £90m in the redevelopment of a prominent part of Battersea that will deliver a mixed-use housing and commercial scheme and new jobs to the area.The project, which will comprise a collection of new one, two and three-bedroom apartments at 98 York Road, will see an additional £10m invested by a Battersea-based VW franchise for a new showroom located under the flats.Known as the Podium, the development will feature a basement car park, providing 87 spaces for residents’ vehicles, plus 200 cycle parking spaces on the ground floor.Linden Homes said it would provide Lookers Volkswagen Battersea with a new building for its £10m showroom, which will occupy the ground three floors of the 20-storey building and will create around 90 new jobs.