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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

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

Kensington makeover falls foul of heritage police

24.07.09

Radical proposals to revamp the former Commonwealth Institute building off Kensington High Street are set to be vetoed by English Heritage... more

Baroness with nous has a white elephant to kill

19.06.09

The London Development Agency owes �60 million more than previously estimated to dispossessed owners of land compulsorily purchased to build the Olympics... 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

Bidders on start line for US embassy site

04.12.08

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

Dubai's �750m giant looks like lost hotel of Atlantis

28.11.08

Property analysis: Even the Hotel Atlantis can't take away from the fact that the Dubai dream is over... more

Unflappable builder with a reputation for getting the job done

12.11.08

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

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

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

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

Property

08.10.08

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. ... 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

Lord Rogers blasts Thames Gateway as 'toy town slum'

28.03.08

Labour's favourite architect has launched a blistering attack on the "shoddy, toy town" buildings of the Thames Gateway scheme... more

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