An elegant 20-storey tower offering exceptionally stylish accommodationin an area which is being completely transformed for the 21st Century. Set in a prime position within a short walk of Croydon's newly regenerated town centre, ISLAND is setting a new benchmark for style and quality in South London.

1. Why the finished IYLO West Croydon will be a boon to London commuters
The world's great cities are lands of abundant opportunity, and nowhere is such opportunity
more abundant than in London, the hugely cosmopolitan and bustling metropolis that not only
excels, but more than excels in every field from the arts and commerce to tourism and
healthcare. Every year, thousands of people make the capital their home, and with that influx,
comes demand for only the highest quality - but also affordable - living quarters.
One project that long promised to provide such living accommodation, offering opulent and
exciting London skyline living for a price increasingly hard to come by in the sought-after capital,
was IYLO West Croydon. Central to its appeal would be the transport links of Croydon, a
formidable - if unsung - area of the city in its own right.
From the fast trains to central London taking barely 13-15 minutes, to the London Tramlink light
rail system and the many buses serving West Croydon bus station, Croydon certainly offers all of
the connections that the time-pressed London commuter needs to get to where they need to go.
However, it wasn't always so sure that even such urgently needed penthouse and apartment
accommodation as that offered by IYLO West Croydon would come to fruition.
The project once attracted headlines for all of the wrong reasons. For all of the building's
impressive specification, encompassing a sleek glass frontage and an elliptical plan, with two
equal halves 'sliding' past each other, it all seemed that it would count for nothing when it
emerged in 2009 that the project's original funding source had entered administration. While
building work recommenced in late 2010, yet more anguish was caused by the construction firm
itself being placed into administration the following summer.
Finally, in 2013, the project had the new ownership and funding assurances necessary for
construction to begin once more. It is estimated that all parts of the building will be ready for
living in by 2015, and when that happens, discerning residents will delight in the close vicinity of
the one-time IYLO West Croydon - now renamed ISLAND - to those all-important London
transport links. Such connections are far from the only reason to enquire about the 20-storey

2. tower's elegant penthouses and apartments, but nonetheless make all the difference to many of
those wanting to make the most of London life.