A derelict site near Elephant and Castle is set to be overhauled after Australian developer Lend Lease struck a £100 million-plus deal with Southwark Council to build more than 300 homes... more
The last time I boarded a Tchenguiz boat at the MIPIM property show in Cannes was 10 years ago - until last night. Curiosity drove me to a party on the 130-foot Veni Vidi Vici, held in the wake of Wednesday's arrests of Vincent and Robbie... more
Chairing a morning event at which 15 speakers laud the coming of London's biggest development after the Olympics can undermine one's natural scepticism. ... more
Construction giant Bovis Lend Lease walks away from a nuclear building contract with EDF Energy after its owner objects to the firm on ethical grounds... more
Property developer Lend Lease signs a joint-venture agreement worth a potential £2 billion for the planned regeneration of land next to its 2012 Olympics athletes’ village development... more
To the Olympic Village, where those responsible for its design and construction were keen to show how green and lovely the place will look when 17,000 athletes and their coaches arrive in almost exactly three years' time ... more
We’re halfway there. With 1,287 days to go until the Games, our architecture critic calls for radical thinking about the Olympic park
that could outlive all the stadia... more
They were conceived in the boom times, but some of the ambitious developments set to breathe new life into the capital face huge challenges as recession bites ... more
Olympics chiefs may ask the Government for a bail-out of more than £400 million to keep the construction programme in the Olympic Park on track during the credit crunch... more
London 2012 chiefs have admitted the international financial crisis is making it "just about impossible" to secure private funding for the Olympic village... more
Property Confusion reigned over the future of the Olympics’ village the shock resignations of the UK chairman and deputy chairman of Lend Lease, the Australian giant which won the tender to build the village... more
China has been lauded for its exceptional preparations for the Games. But in London it is feared that the developer of the 2012 Village can't raise the cash so the taxpayer will have to bail it out... more
The Government is considering plans to rescue the troubled £1billion Olympic village development which include offering guarantees to banks willing to fund it or even paying for it completely... more
The £9.3 billion budget for the London Olympics was already a substantial increase on the £2.4 billion that ministers initially promised as the cost of 2012... more
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