Gerald Ronson says his 230-metre Heron Tower in Bishopsgate cost £500 million to build but will be worth £600 million when full of tenants. That will make him happy... more
If you're setting up on your own, the easy thing is to do what you've been doing - and hope a fair wind and your contacts book will pull you along. It's much harder to attempt something quite different - one that will win you few friends in the industry you're in... more
Gerald Ronson declared the 775-ft Heron Tower on Bishopsgate finished on Tuesday during his annual lunch at the Dorchester. All that remains is to fill the 443,000 square feet of office space... more
Having run out of interesting things to say about the Budget - not difficult - the Treasury has resorted to tweeting the fact that it is running a survey to "help us improve our website and other digital channels"... more
On Property: The roads are often jammed with angry drivers around the nightclun at 2.30am on Saturdays and Sundays - but another row is about to explode into the open... more
Where will this election be won and lost? We’ve had references to Motorway Man, the two-car-owning middle manager who lives on a new estate near a motorway. Now we've got Morrisons man... more
The hiring of Blackstone by Lady Nina Bracewell-Smith to sell her 15.9% stake in Arsenal has been seen as a sign that the club will be heading to American hands... more
On Property: On Monday the ancient right of “topping out” London’s newest skyscraper will take place at the Heron Tower on Bishopsgate in front of two architects who both claim the building as their own... more
BGC Partners analyst Howard Wheeldon came up with a new philosophy when speaking of the economists who are divided over when the Government should start cutting the deficit...... more
The Men Who Stare At Goats, taken from Jon Ronson's non-fiction book about the US Army's attempt to use paranormal powers, doesn’t quite cut it.... more
Gerald Ronson was positioning himself today for a return to the UK commercial property market by founding a club of wealthy investors to take advantage of price falls ... more
Congratulations to Jeffrey Robinson for his ghosting skills. For he has caught perfectly the gruff, proud and sporadically aggrieved voice of Gerald Ronson in an autobiography of the property developer published this week. Gerald Ronson: Leading From The Front — My Story (Mainstream £18.99) reads as if the great man himself barked his life story into a Dictaphone, had his PA type it up, and then sent to the printers with strict orders that not a word be changed ... more
Welcome to the bottom of the commercial property market. It must be, for today the world's biggest property agent says so. "The time to buy UK property is now," reckons CB Richard Ellis... more
On 17 December at the Cumberland Hotel near Marble Arch, auctioneer Gary Murphy of Allsop brought down the hammer on Brookside Close, selling the 13 houses that made up the set of the defunct Channel 4 soap opera for £735,000... 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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It was all smiles for Lindsay Lohan and her girlfriend Samantha Ronson this weekend whose public outing together once again managed to attract mass attention.... more
In a rare personal interview Gerald Ronson, the property tycoon who came back from the Guinness scandal, reveals his prescription for surviving the downturn... more
As the Electoral Commission investigates the way Ken Livingstone's re-election bid is funded, we reveal his personal backing for London's most powerful developers ... more
Yesterday's news that Ken Livingstone took a secret donation from property developer Gerald Ronson - after backing his plan for a 46-storey tower block - is even worse than it looks... more
Exclusive: After high-profile allegations this season, Charlton's manager is pleased the issue is now being addressed but says the authorities still have plenty of work to do
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