Working Lunch: Brasserie Blanc, EC2 October 13, 2015 Melissa York on the best places to eat during office hours in the City and Canary Wharf WHAT? Raymond Blanc’s first City brasserie re-opened last month after a complete refurbishment. Gone are the fussy white tablecloths and pristine cutlery, in favour of rustic oak tables, thick ceramics, pendant light fixtures and vintage French mirrors. [...]
Chaos on Tube and train network as body found on line near Waterloo East and signal failures cause overcrowding at Bank and London Bridge October 2, 2015 Southeastern was forced to cancel several services into south London this morning after a body was found on the line. The body was found near Waterloo East, and police are now investigating. A spokeswoman for the train operator was unable to give any further details, although she said Southeastern was hoping to have all [...]
Songbird bidders Qatar Investment Authority and Brookfield Partners will keep Canary Wharf’s management unchanged December 30, 2014 Qatar Investment Authority and Brookfield Partners will leave Canary Wharf's management unchanged if their £2.6bn bid for the group's majority owner Songbird Estates is successful, according to an official document released today. The bidding partners said they were "supportive of the management's current business plan and wish to retain the existing management." They said [...]
Madison supports Qatari bid for Canary Wharf owner Songbird December 8, 2014 Madison International Realty has become the second shareholder in Songbird Estates to break ranks with the company and back Qatar Investment Authority’s (QIA) £2.6bn offer for the Canary Wharf owner. QIA and Brookfield Property Partners went hostile last week in their attempt to take control of Songbird after taking their higher offer of 350p per [...]
Amazon Prime Now one-hour delivery comes to Wandsworth, Sutton and Merton and two-hour slots to Kingston, Croydon and Sunbury October 6, 2015 Residents of Wandsworth, Sutton and Merton are the latest Londoners who will be able to get their hands on items they've bought on Amazon within just 60 minutes. In addition to the new areas eligible for one hour delivery slots, Amazon's Prime Now service will also offer two-hour delivery windows to people in Kingston, Croydon and Sunbury [...]
Almacantar to Shell out £550m on iconic office August 4, 2015 CENTRE Point owner Almacantar has bought part of Canary Wharf Group and Qatari Diar’s controversial Shell Centre scheme on London’s South Bank, which faced opposition last year for obstructing views of the Houses of Parliament. The developer has spent over £550m buying One and Two Southbank Place in Waterloo, making it one of the largest [...]
Rugby World Cup 2015: England women’s team players Fiona Pocock and Vicky Fleetwood to give Canary Wharfers a gruelling training session September 23, 2015 The Rugby World Cup isn’t just about Stuart Lancaster’s 31-man England squad. The nation's women's rugby players Fiona Pocock and Vicky Fleetwood are heading to Canary Wharf today to show workers how it’s done with a training session at Reebok Sports Club ahead of the gym’s own five-a-side tournament next month. So far JP Morgan and [...]
Tower Hamlets approves Canary Wharf’s plans for 3,600 homes December 22, 2014 Canary Wharf Group was yesterday given the go-ahead to convert a 20-acre site next to its east London estate into more than 3,600 homes, shops and offices targeting the fast-growing media and technology sector. Tower Hamlets council has approved regeneration plans for the semi-derelict area, which was formerly known as Wood Wharf because it was [...]
London property focus on North Greenwich: Affordable homes by the riverside September 4, 2015 Fancy a night out in North Greenwich? No, not that one with the market, the chapels, the observatory and the ship. The other one with the O2 Arena and… not much else. It’s a hard sell, truth be told, so imagine how much harder it must be to convince someone to live there. Once a [...]
Canary Wharf Group expands Level39 tech startup space for fintech, retail and smart city entrepreneurs January 19, 2015 Canary Wharf’s tech startup space, Level 39, is taking on additional space at One Canada Square to house entrepreneurs focused on developing technology in the fintech, retail and smart city sector. Accenture’s 2015 Fintech Innovation Lab is the first to be housed in the new space and will be joined by another 36 companies taking [...]