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Lend Lease to build 300 homes at the Elephant

21.10.11
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

A starry, starry night but no sign of Vincent

11.03.11
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

A bright future at Battersea if obstacles are overcome

04.03.11
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

Bovis Lend Lease quits EDF nuclear contract

11.06.10
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

No time to lose after Olympics as a star rises in the East

21.05.10
On Property: Visions for one of London development's 'best kept secrets' by the Olympic Village... more

Work on Elephant & Castle still heavy going

14.05.10
On Property: In Southwark, Labour is in charge - so can they get work fully under way at the £1.5bn Elephant & Castle redevelopment... more

Lend Lease signs joint deal for site next to Olympic village

07.04.10
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

Trinity Cambridge buys Millennium Dome for £24m

09.10.09
Quite what the dons of Trinity College, Cambridge, made of the O2 centre’s widely ridiculed rendering of Ben Hur is anyone’s guess... more

£15 million knocked off the price of O2 arena site

03.08.09
Value of the site of London’s O2 arena appears to have plummeted as a result of the recession... more

We're on a winner with the Village despite a false start

10.07.09
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

A majestic and even bigger park: now that really is a 2012 legacy

16.01.09
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

Deal still not signed on Elephant & Castle project as TfL and developer talk

24.12.08
The £1.5billion regeneration of Elephant & Castle has suffered a major setback, it has emerged... more

The £20 billion gamble to transform London

15.10.08
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

Olympic chiefs ask for £400m as athletes' village risks slowdown

06.10.08
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

Credit crisis is hitting funds for village, say Games chiefs

23.09.08
London 2012 chiefs have admitted the international financial crisis is making it "just about impossible" to secure private funding for the Olympic village... more

Olympics may leave us feeling like village idiots

08.09.08
Four years from now, we should be basking in the glory of the 2012 Olympics. Fingers firmly crossed that is the case... more

Olympic Village school won't specialise in sport

05.09.08
Plans for a specialist sports academy at the 2012 Olympic village have been ditched, the Evening Standard has learned... more

Olympic confusion after two Lend Lease chiefs quit

04.09.08
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

How our Olympics are being held to ransom

06.08.08
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

Housing slump hits Lend Lease

04.08.08
The housing slump has hammered Aussie builder Lend Lease, responsible for building London's Olympic village... more

Banks asked to bail out £1bn Olympics village

30.06.08
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

Ministers to release 2012 top-up cash

25.06.08
Ministers will meet next month to decide how much taxpayers' money is needed to rescue the Olympic village after the builder ran out of cash... more

Revealed: the biggest new homes crash in 70 years

23.06.08
A new survey says house building in London has ground to a virtual halt and collapsing confidence threatens the capital's rejuvenation... more

Olympic village runs out of cash

20.06.08
The 2012 Olympics were plunged into a major cash crisis as the firm building the athletes' village admitted it could not raise the money... more

Comment: overspend on Olympic scale

20.06.08
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

Olympic village is delayed by funding problems

17.06.08
Olympic chiefs have been warned about a year-long delay in the financing of the 2012 athletes' village caused by the credit crunch... more

Taxpayers face £420m bill as Olympic builder struggles to raise cash

03.06.08
The taxpayers' contribution to the Olympic village has risen to £420 million due to the credit crunch... more

Olympic village funding faces £200m cut

07.05.08
Olympics chiefs are facing a £200million shortfall in funding for the athletes' village, the Standard has learned... more


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