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More than 300 apartments in towers overlooking the Olympic stadium have gone on sale in the latest phase of the rebirth of the former Games site in Stratford.

The one- to three-bedroom flats in a development called Glasshouse Gardens are being sold for prices ranging from £450,000 to £775,000 just yards from the scene of Mo Farrah and Jessica Ennis-Hill’s unforgettable moments of triumph in 2012.

Construction on the towers — which stand in the area where spectators flooded towards the entrance of the Olympic Park exactly two years ago — is under way and the first homes are expected to be ready by 2016.

They are not the first to go on the market in what is now known as the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. In May more than 250 apartments and homes were put up for sale at a development called Chobham Manor near the velodrome, where cyclists Sir Chris Hoy and Victoria Pendleton struck gold, at prices ranging from £349,995 to £925,000 for a five-bedroom house. So far 68 have been sold.

Prices at Glasshouse Garden are about £750/sq ft, less than the £1,000-plus typical of new developments on the south bank of the Thames but more than the £450/sq ft at Chobham Manor, which is further away from Stratford’s main public transport hub.

Glasshouse Gardens are in a new £1.3 billion “mini-Canary Wharf” business and residential district called the International Quarter being developed by property group Lend Lease and the Government-owned London Continental Railways. One of the first major tenants to move in is the Financial Conduct Authority, the City watchdog, which is relocating its 3,000 staff into a new headquarters in 2018.

Ian Crockford, project director on The International Quarter at Lend Lease, said: “The start of construction on the Glasshouse Gardens homes marks an exciting step in the creation of this new residential and commercial district which is set to be London’s new feel-good workplace.

“Glasshouse Gardens will offer residents a unique opportunity to live among, and make use of, some of the world’s most elite sporting facilities.”

The launch of Glasshouse Gardens comes after it was announced that three Stratford stations — Stratford, Stratford International and Stratford High Street — will be reclassified Zone 2/3 rather than Zone 3 from January 2016 to make the area more attractive to residents and workers.

It means that commuters will only be charged for a Zone 2 journey when travelling to and from central London but will still enjoy the benefit of Zone 3 status when journeying further out.