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Chelsea barracks developers win race to buy US Embassy

03.11.09

American Embassy building is to be sold to the foreign developers responsible for the Chelsea Barracks scheme... more

Quintain slumps as Lloyds takes big loss on stake sale

10.09.09

Lloyds Banking Group today sold a 10% stake in London-based residential property developer Quintain Estates & Development, which it acquired along with duff bank HBOS earlier this year, notching up a thumping loss of almost Ł100 million ... more

A Budget carrot turns out rotten

24.08.09

No sooner do we have the flop that is the national apprenticeship scheme, fronted by Lord Sugar, than comes news of another failed Government initiative... more

A dollop of dollars should bring forth The Iceberg

31.07.09

To an event on Tuesday called “Tall Buildings in London, can they work?” held at the elegant offices of property agents Cushman & Wakefield in Portman Square. The subject matter may sound as relevant today as a colloquium on growing sunflowers in Reykjavik. ... more

Exclusive: Richard Caring's restaurant empire

12.06.09

The restaurant world did not know what had hit it when Richard Caring started buying up London's most revered establishments, including The Ivy, Le Caprice and J Sheekey... more

Who's afraid of the big bad boss?

08.06.09

As the PM’s leadership skills come under the microscope, we reveal how to deal with the five most difficult types of manager — and find out how a good one can help you succeed ... more

Chelsfield wins bid for US Embassy site

22.01.09

One of London's most well-known retail developers has won the contest to develop the site of the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, the Standard can reveal... 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

Developers in scramble to get hands on site of US Embassy

21.10.08

Developers are already lining up to buy the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, even though the Americans will not vacate the site for five years... more

Caution key for Candys as super-flats scene changes

10.10.08

Christian Candy, 35, and his brother Nick, 33, have had quite a week. ... more

It’s a bit late for broker to stop coverage of B&B

30.09.08

Shares of failed buy-to-let lender Bradford & Bingley were suspended at 20p before the start of trading on the stock market, to allow for the transfer of ownership into public hands... more

Qataris stick Chelsfield stake in shopping basket

29.09.08

Gulf state Qatar has become a major shareholder of Camden Market after buying a 20% stake in property group Chelsfield... more

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