On property: Sometimes it's no fun being a property agent. DTZ boss "Big John" Forrester rocked up for dinner with me on Tuesday, only 13 minutes after the 4700-employee business was forced to disclose to the market that it "knew of no reason" why its shares had plunged from 36p to 26p in two days...... more
Property developer Derwent London has got the go-ahead to redevelop Saatchi & Saatchi's headquarters at 80 Charlotte Street in the heart of Fitzrovia... more
If there really is a bright spark in the Cabinet Office pushing for a radical recasting of the zoning regulations that govern development, my advice is duck. This clever clogs will soon be the target for a number of brickbats from those who control planning in central London... more
Derwent London joins the wheeler-dealing rush in the central London property market, selling off part of Covent Garden and raising £175 million for new acquisitions... more
In the hut where I got booted and safety-suited before touring Westfield's Olympic-sized mall at Stratford on Wednesday, a note lay by a pair of tan boots indicating they were for Joseph Wan, chief executive of Harvey Nichols... more
Derwent London will be delighted with David Cameron's plans to turn the unlovely area around Old Street roundabout into the UK's "silicon valley"... more
Market Round-up: Shares in transport group Arriva get another shove as Germany’s national rail operator Deutsche Bahn confirms it made an approach over a possible cash offer... more
More than £2 billion is due to be spent on new shops, offices, hotels and homes over seven years culminating in the opening of Crossrail in 2017... more
Landlord and developer Derwent London today hailed the recovery in the commercial property market and said it will start building new offices to be ready from late 2011 ... more
Cheapside and cheerful: No expense has been spared at the stealth-clad One New Change and both Land Securities and the City are happy although the Prince, inset, feels thwarted... more
US investment bank JPMorgan expects some clear winners to emerge from the commercial property market during the coming months, and has raised share price targets by an average of 5% for the first time in two years... more
Imagine, if you will, for one delicious moment, you have £9.6 billion in the bank. Then imagine on Monday you buy the entire share capital of seven big property companies in a daring dawn raid... more
Stock-market bears, who have been selling the life assurers aggressively short in recent weeks, claiming they would be the next casualties of the banking crisis, were feeling the pain today as their shares soared.... more
HSBC has cast its expert eye over the real estate investment trust sector following a plethora of heavily discounted rights issues, running into billions of pounds, which have been launched recently to shore-up weakened balance sheets.... 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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