I wandered awestruck through Westfield Stratford City's 1.9 million square-foot mega-mall on Tuesday morning. After lunch in the shell of Aspers Casino, it was out to a terrace overlooking the Olympic Park.... more
Booming demand for West End shops and offices meant a strong surge in the value of Great Portland Estates' London-based portfolio over the past three months... more
How does British Gas phrase its press release today, announcing an 18% hike in the cost of gas bills? "British Gas gives customers Three Clear Ways to Beat Rising Energy Prices Announced Today," it says. Optimistic doesn't quite cover it... more
The West End's prestigious Hanover Square is in line for a major £500 million development featuring six luxury flats which could fetch £20 million between them... more
Great Portland Estates paves the way for the next stage in the revamp of Oxford Street's tired eastern side with plans for a £100 million development... more
Great Portland Estates grows its London property portfolio to £1.46 billion, buoyed by higher income as tenants seek its more affordable office space... more
Market Round-up: Further evidence of a recovery in the commercial property market boosts the nation’s biggest landlords today, as brokers also give the sector a thumbs up... more
Much depression in the Crossrail camp as they fail to get any steer whatsoever from the Tory high command that the project will go ahead, should David Cameron become Prime Minister... more
London landlord Great Portland Estates today reported the first rise in property values since the start of the crash as the market in the capital turned the corner ... more
London landlord Great Portland Estates (GPE) today reported the smallest fall in commercial property values for a year — adding to hopes the worst of the slump has passed ... more
There will soon be more vultures in the sky than turkeys on the ground if this week's spate of pledges to buy distressed property is anything to go by ... more
Stephen Hester, the boss of British Land and the soon-to-be chief executive of Royal Bank of Scotland, has called the bottom of the property market, claiming it will be “some time next year”... 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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London landlord Great Portland Estates said the value of its property portfolio fell 4% in just three months and warned it could not rule out a recession... more
London landlord Great Portland Estates underlines the gap between the West End and City property markets as it brushes off the worst of the slump... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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