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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

House building at all-time low as property sales stagnate

27.01.09
Private home building in London is grinding to a halt, figures reveal... 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

£10m clinic for Newham shelved until after Games

18.11.08
Plans for a £10million community health centre to be built as part of the Olympic village have been shelved due to the credit crunch, the Standard has learned... more

Qatar may invest in Olympic Village

07.11.08
Investors from the Gulf state of Qatar have proposed a rescue bid for the financially-troubled Olympic village... 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

£525m stadium could be demolished after 2012

05.09.08
London 2012 chiefs have been plunged into a battle over the legacy of the two key Olympic venues... 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

Candys not to blame for this hell on wheels

20.08.08
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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

Progress report on the site

14.07.08
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Credit crunch forces big cut in 2012 village homes

03.07.08
London Games chiefs are cutting the number of homes at the Olympic Village by a quarter to save costs... 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

2012 chiefs face village costs grilling

09.05.08
Concerns over the mounting costs of the athletes' village are to be raised during an inspection of the 2012 project by the IOC... 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

Bill for Olympic Village work doubles to £500m

21.04.08
The bill for the athletes' village at the 2012 Olympics has soared. The cost of infrastructure for the village is said to have more than doubled amid concern over transport links. ... more

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