Work is well under way on what will turn out to be Croydon’s tallest building.

The gigantic block of flats is one of two vast skyscrapers shooting up near East Croydon Station.

The huge development will see 49-storey and 34-storey towers built in College Road.

It will have 817 co-living and 120 regular flats offered as shared ownership.

At 150 metres at its highest, the structure will be 15 metres taller than Croydon’s current tallest, 101 George Street, known as Ten Degrees developed by Tide Construction and HTA Design.

The same companies are behind the latest venture.

The thin towers which can now be seen on the town’s skyline are the concrete central cores.

It is a modular construction which means cubes are made off site before being transported to Croydon and stacked. 

Modules for the bottom part of the taller tower have already begun to be installed.

The plans from Tide Construction were approved by Croydon Council in February 2020 and include a colonnade pathway between East Croydon and College Green for cyclists and pedestrians.

Earlier this month, Tide Construction submitted drawings of blue tiled columns at the bottom of the building, part of a public art condition attached to the original planning permission.

Geometric ceramic tiles for the building have been designed by artist Adam Nathaniel Furman.

The application reads: “The process of developing the public art was envisaged from the start as a mentoring opportunity for college students who were able to shadow the process itself at key points, and learn from Adam not only how to develop a scheme such as this in terms of the design, but about how to operate as an artist at this scale.”

The tallest tower will be for the co-living flats, the first of their kind in Croydon.

Residents will live in small self-contained rooms and share communal spaces including a gym, residents’ lounge, library, party kitchens and a cinema room.

The rented flats range from 20 to 29sqm and all will have a kitchenette and en-suite bathroom.

On it’s website, HTA Design writes: “Our co-living approach responds to the emerging London plan policy and seeks to establish an exemplar that can help define this form of housing. 

"Through generous, carefully designed communal spaces, the building encourages social interaction while making sure that each home is the right size to offer a place of retreat and privacy.”