These will be London’s property hot spots in 2017 December 20, 2016 This year, Zoopla crowned Dalston the UK's top property hotspot after house prices in the neighbourhood rocketed 60 per cent over the last five years. Shoreditch came second, with prices shooting up 58 per cent over the period. Both of these locations are celebrated for their hipster cafes and second-hand furniture shops – but they're fast [...]
Rotherhithe bridge: World’s longest drawbridge over the Thames to Canary Wharf proposed November 26, 2015 Proposals to build the world's longest drawbridge from Rotherhithe to Canary Wharf for £88m have been put forward by an architect and engineering group. The "Rotherhithe bridge" will connect south east London to the Docklands peninsular, and will offer an alternate route across the Thames. Designers reForm Architects worked with structural and civil engineers Elliott Wood to develop initial proposals [...]
This is where all the bankers live (and it’s not West London) August 12, 2016 West London has normally been thought of as the residential hot-spot for bankers – but although it still houses the most wealthy people in London, the City folk have moved out. City workers are now concentrated in the Isle of Dogs and fashionable Islington, according to data from salary benchmarking site Emolument. Read more: Mapped: First-time buyer [...]
North Greenwich reopens after suspect package is blown up in controlled explosion – Met’s Counter Terrorism Command leading investigation October 20, 2016 North Greenwich Tube station has reopened hours after a suspicious item was found on board an eastbound Jubilee Line train. Nearby Canary Wharf station has been very busy as a result of the closure – Tower Hamlets police were advising passengers to opt for other nearby stations if possible. Canary Wharf VVV busy due to North Greenwich closure. [...]
City Moves for 17 November 2016 | Who’s switching jobs November 17, 2016 CBRE CBRE, the world's leading real estate adviser, has appointed Lorraine Hughes as a senior director in the UK planning team, based in London. Lorraine joins the firm from Turley. Lorraine specialises in providing commercial planning advice on large and complex central London projects. She has extensive experience advising both private and public sector clients [...]
The Big Bang 30 years on: How the City went from bowler hats and liquid lunches to smartphones and tossed salads October 26, 2016 There’s now a whole generation of City workers – and City A.M. readers – who weren’t even born when the markets were deregulated back in 1986. Standing in Leadenhall Market on a week-day afternoon, they could be forgiven for thinking the City hadn’t changed all that much over the last 30 years. Hundreds of besuited [...]
TfL plans to save £800m as it sheds management layers and cuts jobs to deliver mayor’s spending ambitions December 8, 2016 Transport for London (TfL) has unveiled its five-year business plan to achieve the big investments Sadiq Khan has been announcing – and it involves trimming jobs to save £800m a year. The mayor has unveiled funding for a range of issues from £770m on London's cyclists to £200m on step-free access on the Underground, along with [...]
The victims investment fraudsters are targeting are richer and savvier than you think October 10, 2016 Are you a 65-year-old man with £30,000 plus in savings? Happen to live in a metropolitan area? You're a prime target for investment fraudsters – or so says some rather in-depth profiling carried out by the City of London police. According to stats from Action Fraud and the City of London police 77 per cent of people [...]
These 13 property developers will help TfL build its property empire – including British Land, Balfour Beatty, Land Securites, Berkeley, Redrow and Canary Wharf Group February 3, 2016 Transport for London has chosen 13 companies to help it build thousands of new homes on its unused land and generate billions of pounds of new revenue. Canary Wharf Group, Land Securities, Balfour Beatty, Barrat Homes and Berkeley Group are among those chosen to develop 50 sites in to homes, offices and retail outlets across London. [...]
Interiors: Tara Bernerd looks back on her 15-year career designing hotels and elite residences around the globe November 25, 2016 If there’s one imminent interiors project in London that we can’t wait to sneak a peek at, it’s the show apartments for One Park Drive, a Herzog and de Meuron-designed cylindrical tower taking shape in Canary Wharf. It’s highly-anticipated, not just because the 472-apartment tower is one of the largest remaining undeveloped sites in the [...]