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Lack of City office demand puts squeeze on developers

06.05.11
For crying out loud, the lack of demand for new office space in the City is what matters, not the lack of supply. That much became clear on Wednesday when the world's largest agent, CBRE, presented research suggesting demand may be "slowing or stalling"... more

What's got a hundred legs and will run a marathon this weekend?

06.04.11
On Saturday, 50 Londoners clad in green vests, headbands and antennae will run the Paris Marathon as the human centipede... more

An Olympic effort: 80,000-seat stadium is declared finished

29.03.11
Construction of the landmark Olympic stadium was declared finished as the last piece of turf was laid by Olympic officials ... more

Bright young builders behind our changing 21st century city

04.03.11
In the final part of our work series, we look at London's £18 billion building industry and the talent it attracts from around the world... more

Now Qataris launch bid to buy half of Olympic village flats

17.12.10
Qatari investment firm behind the redevelopment of Chelsea barracks has launched a bid to buy a £500m share of the Olympic village... more

City Spy: Six builders on the scent of British Land’s big cheese

06.12.10
It’s been a lean time for Britain’s building industry. But trophy City towers are at least one growth market as developers dust off plans shelved in the recession... more

Olympic stadium looks in on East End life

12.04.10
East London’s Olympic credentials are starting to take shape as the venues for the 2012 Games start to dominate the capital’s skyline... more

City Spy: Lord Carter’s peerage in bag for Paris move

05.03.10
Au revoir, Lord Carter. The former broadcasting minister and ex-chief executive of Brunswick has had enough of London... more

West Ham set sights on Luke Young and Benni McCarthy

21.01.10
West Ham have enquired about Aston Villa defender Luke Young and are also keen on Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy... more

A mean time in Greenwich: AEG's O2 convention centre

18.12.09
A huge convention centre able to hold more than 3000 delegates is to be built next to the O2 Arena by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), the US operators of the highly successful entertainment complex... more

The Olympic father digging for victory

17.06.09
When a vacancy came up on the £500 million Olympic stadium project in Stratford, Mike Dobriskey wanted the job more than most... more

2012 stadium builders are accused of blacklisting troublemakers

02.04.09
The company building the London Olympic stadium has been accused of unfairly 'blacklisting' potential troublemakers seeking jobs on the 2012 project... more

Final phase of Arsenal project gets go-ahead after extra time

18.03.09
The final stage of Arsenal's £390million Emirates stadium regeneration scheme is to be completed after nine years of wrangling... more

Take a seat for first look inside Olympic stadium

11.03.09
Work on the Olympic stadium has reached a milestone as the seating is installed... more

Hope at last on 21-year journey at King’s Cross

03.10.08
Twenty one years ago this month, what used to be called the British Railways Property Board chose four developers to prepare plans for building on 67 acres of derelict land north of King's Cross station... more

Child's play as public help plan future of 2012 park

20.06.08
Londoners are being given the chance to design their own "Lego"-style Olympic Park to decide the best use for the site after the Games are over... more

Olympic stadium set to host rugby league team

15.05.08
Division Two side London Skolars are in talks to move in from 2015 as part of their bid to join the Super League... more

New concert hall for capital

29.04.08
A 420-seat concert hall, the first to open in London since the Barbican, will be launched in October with a festival of 100 music events.... more

Stage is set for capital's first new concert hall in 26 years

29.04.08
The first concert hall to open in London since the Barbican in 1982 will be launched in October with a festival of 100 musical events... more

Olympic grand design set for optimism stage

11.04.08
The Olympic park building programme is on the cusp between pessimism and optimism... more

Mud bowl turning into 2012 stadium

19.03.08
This is a bird's eye view of the 2012 Olympic stadium beginning to take shape at the Games site.... more


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