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The Developer - Angel Property  Angel Property was founded in 1993 on the belief that good design means good business. The company's strength lies in its ability to successfully find areas in need of regeneration and unlock a potential that has not yet been recognised.
These schemes involve the combination of residential, mixed use and commercial projects to create new urban environments from previously unused sites. Initially created to convert a Bermondsey riverside warehouse into loft apartments, the company has now developed projects in several major cities and has emerged as a company at the forefront of urban regeneration.
 Having completed an MBA and with ten years' experience as a property developer, Charles Style created Angel Property to seek out interesting buildings with planning potential in areas which were not prime but which were beginning to be in demand as transport improved and the population increased. He chose a time to start Angel Property when London was in deep recession. If you can succeed in 1993, you can certainly prosper in more normal times.
(from Angel Property website) 
Phoenix Estate, Lewes Angel Property has acquired a series of riverside sites with a view to forming a new urban quarter in the historic town of Lewes. This proposed development has been named the "Phoenix Quarter". As we now know, Lewes District Council owns approximately 50% of the Phoenix Estate and has declared publicly that it has no intention of selling its holdings to Angel Property. This has raised many questions about the feasibility of the project. "I have spoken to Lewes District Council Leader, Cllr Ann de Vecchi and she has confirmed to me that the Council has not sold and does not intend to sell its holdings to this developer (Angel Property)." Quote from Norman Baker MP in conversation with Lewes Matters Spokesman, Anthony Dicks Friday, 13th April 2007.
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Resident
Written by Guest on 2006-03-23 22:36:44
Does the county town of Sussex, with its limited resources, need an "urban" development area - is this area part of the redefined (since the October 2000 flood) flood plain? | Written by Guest on 2006-04-18 14:58:23
Please can someone advise why developers feel the need to refer to their development areas as “quarters”? Combined with the abhorrent structure about to be erected in the “Baxter’s quarter”, does this equate to half of the town being insensitively over-developed and destroyed? | Written by Guest on 2006-04-18 15:25:57
Please can someone advise why developers feel the need to refer to their development areas as “quarters”? Combined with the abhorrent structure about to be erected in the “Baxter’s quarter”, does this equate to half of the town being insensitively over-developed and destroyed? | A big tumour on a small body
Written by Guest on 2006-05-01 14:06:39
Development of the site could be of great benefit to the town. Two things worry me about these particular plans:
1. Scale. The number and density of proposed units is not in keeping with a small town and its limited infra-structure. Water requirements, car use, school needs etc. will all strain and probably cannot be met by local resources.
2. Aesthetics. The architecture (Tesco style) is ugly uninteresting and unimaginative. It does not blend well or contrast excitingly with the old town. The collection of buildngs is also too big, destroying for instance the view of the town (still good) that one sees from the path along the river.
Lewes has remained, despite the horrors of some of its developments over the past 20 years, a beutiful town. A wound of this size may be fatal. |
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