Two millionaire businessmen will lead task forces dedicated to the regeneration of the riot-hit areas of Tottenham and Croydon, the Mayor has said... more
Two middle-aged protesters stood outside the Building Centre in Bloomsbury on Tuesday morning with cardboard signs reading "Developers Keep Out". But the warning failed to deter 150 delegates to a conference at which the target for their objection, the 77-acre Earls Court development, was robustly defended by its developer... more
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
A month ago, City Spy revealed Sir Stuart Lipton's rage over plans to replace some of his beloved 1980s Broadgate scheme with new buildings designed by ex-Foster architect Ken Shuttleworth's firm, MAKE. ... more
A cloud no bigger than a man's hand hangs over Broadgate, casting a shadow on plans drawn up by British Land to build a £750 million HQ for UBS on the 16-block office complex adjacent Liverpool Street Station... more
Three cheers for GlaxoSmithKline boss Andrew Witty, who says: "I don't buy that you can be this floating entity with no allegiance to anybody but the lowest tax rate." Well said, and say it again to Barclays, reportedly threatening to take its ball and "leave" the country... more
On Property: The City is optimistic about Shaftesbury as an "unprecedented number of visitors" hits its patch, so how can it move the share price further?... more
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
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
The London Development Agency owes £60 million more than previously estimated to dispossessed owners of land compulsorily purchased to build the Olympics... more
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
Bidders line up to buy the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square and turn it into what could be the most prestigious hotel and residential development in the world... more
Interview: John Armitt had planned to go fishing after building the Severn Bridge and the Channel Tunnel train link. Then came the call to run the Olympic Delivery Authority.... 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
The super-rich still love London, keeping prices at the top end high. Across the city there remains a shortage of homes but building is slowing in the crunch.
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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
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