‘It will kill community’: residents fight to save London warehouse district

Artists who live and work in area only found out about redevelopment plans from flyer on lamp-post

Since Ata moved to the UK five years ago he has found his home in London's warehouses. The aspiring actor was drawn to the community of musicians and artists who live and work in them.

But after moving to a warehouse in north London, Ata heard about plans to demolish and redevelop the area. My immediate thought was oh no, not again'," he says. The two other warehouses he had lived in were also pulled down to make way for luxury flats.