Agreement signed for Olympic Village affordable homes

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has signed the final agreement for Triathlon Homes to purchase 1,379 affordable homes on the Olympic Village development.

New Olympic Village homes take shape

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has praised the progress made on the Olympic Village, which has now been under construction for nearly a year.

Olympic stadium, village, media centre May 2009

Here’s how it looked this breezy, sunny, and slightly showery morning: not much different to look at from this time last month. Bigger changes were apparent during my journey to the site along a bank of the River Lea. A stretch of the famous blue fencing has now been replaced by the high wire fencing [...]

Olympic village handed more funds

An extra £324m of public funding is announced for the 2012 Olympic village as a deal with the private sector falls through.

London Olympic village to be publicly owned (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The athletes’ village for the London Olympics in 2012 will be publicly owned after the government admitted defeat in its attempts to secure suitable private financing for the one-billion-pound development.

Government invests in Olympic Village

The Government is investing £324m of the Olympic Delivery Authority’s (ODA’s) budget in the Olympic Village, the Government and the ODA announced today.

Olympic Park images released as IOC visits London

New pictures have been released showing the progress on the Olympic Park now that construction work has started on all of the ‘big five’ venues – Olympic Stadium, Aquatics Centre, Olympic Village, Velodrome and International Broadcast Centre/Main Press Centre (IBC/MPC).

Olympic Village loan questioned

The Government is urged to reveal details of a £255m public sector loan offered to help build the Olympic Village.

Education Centre at the heart of Olympic Village after 2012

New images have been released showing the education campus to be built within the Olympic Village site.

New webcams give front-row view of Olympic Village construction

Two new webcams launched today give the public a chance to view daily progress of construction on the Olympic Village.