City sales set to net £250m for Ireland August 30, 2011 A NUMBER of major City property developments are expected to come up for grabs for £250m when a long-awaited sale by Irish investors begins next month. Among the buildings ready to be sold it 107 Cheapside, the upmarket development near St Paul’s Cathedral. The office and retail building, opened three years ago, was developed by [...]
PROPERTY NEWS August 11, 2011 NEW DEVELOPMENT IN CANADA WATER Barratt Group’s Maple Quays development has opened for purchase. Offering one, two or three bed apartments, the development offers connections to both Canary Wharf and the City. Prices start from £250,000. Contact Barratt on 08448114334 or go to www.barratthomes.co.uk/london NEW NORTH LONDON LUXURY Domus, “the Candy brothers of north London”, [...]
Work starts on Walkie Talkie tower January 18, 2011 CONSTRUCTION work began on the Walkie Tower on Fenchurch Street yesterday, kicking off three years of building work that is set to cost £500m and create around 3,000 jobs. Developers Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group agreed to resurrect the project as a 50-50 joint venture last October after it was shelved in 2009. Demolition [...]
Work starts on Walkie Talkie tower January 18, 2011 CONSTRUCTION work began on the Walkie Tower on Fenchurch Street yesterday, kicking off three years of building work that is set to cost £500m and create around 3,000 jobs. Developers Land Securities and Canary Wharf Group agreed to resurrect the project as a 50-50 joint venture last October after it was shelved in 2009. Demolition [...]
Next hotspots for price growth October 13, 2011 EVERYONE has read the headlines about the soaring prices of core prime central London properties – that’s homes in Chelsea, Mayfair and Belgravia. Foreign investment in the market has brought a price boom that the average well-to-do Brit just can’t keep pace with. Understandable, when the “square footage” – the price per square foot – [...]
Next hotspots for price growth October 13, 2011 EVERYONE has read the headlines about the soaring prices of core prime central London properties – that’s homes in Chelsea, Mayfair and Belgravia. Foreign investment in the market has brought a price boom that the average well-to-do Brit just can’t keep pace with. Understandable, when the “square footage” – the price per square foot – [...]
THREE RESTAURANTS WITH SPIN-OFF VERSIONS August 1, 2011 POLPO Soho’s popular “Venetian tapas” destination Polpo has so far produced three offspring in remarkably short time: Polpetto and Spuntino, both also in Soho, and Da Polpo in Covent Garden. They reproduce Polpo’s winning formula of delicious small plate food, perfect cocktails and cosy, shabby-chic interiors, while each maintains its individual appeal too. www.polpo.co.uk PIZZA [...]
ROGUE TRADING TALENT PULL IN THE CROWDS AS CITY ENTERTAINMENT September 26, 2011 SOMETHING to look forward to for UBS alleged fraudster Kweku Adoboli, once he has emerged from the trauma of the courts: following in the footsteps of the original rogue trader Nick Leeson by entertaining drunken clients at corporate events. Leeson has been quietly raking it in on the after-dinner speaking circuit for years, says celebrity [...]
ROGUE TRADING TALENT PULL IN THE CROWDS AS CITY ENTERTAINMENT September 26, 2011 SOMETHING to look forward to for UBS alleged fraudster Kweku Adoboli, once he has emerged from the trauma of the courts: following in the footsteps of the original rogue trader Nick Leeson by entertaining drunken clients at corporate events. Leeson has been quietly raking it in on the after-dinner speaking circuit for years, says celebrity [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNING September 18, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES FEARS OVER RETREAT ON VOLCKER BANK RULES The Volcker rule, which bans US banks from trading for their own account, is set to include exemptions that some officials fear will weaken its impact, people familiar with the situation have warned. In the wake of UBS’s $2.3bn (£1.4bn) loss last week, alleged to have [...]