Piers Wehner

  • Law firm signs for Canary Wharf’s HQ3 tower

    Canary Wharf has confirmed that international law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has taken 140,000 sq ft (13,000 sq m) of office space in the HQ3 building at…

  • Travel Inn for Rugby business park

    Whitbread will build a 58-bed Travel Inn at Grosvenor and Wilson Bowden’s Central Park scheme near Rugby. The hotel, together with a Brewster’s family restaurant, represents a total investment of…

  • Tube property partnership goes off the rails

    The London Underground Property Partnership (LUPP) has been effectively scrapped after more than two years of negotiations. Although London Underground has said that the LUPP will not be abandoned, the…

  • Report highlights 78% serviced office space cost savings

    Traditional office leases can cost small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) 78% more than serviced office space, a report claims. The true cost of the flexible office survey by the Chartered…

  • Wembley schemes kicked into touch by ‘false starts’

    Regeneration of a swathe of land around Wembley Stadium is being stymied by “uncertainty and false starts”. Speaking after the governments failure on 19 December to give Wembleys National Stadiums…

  • Govt under fire over Dome planning permission delay

    Meridian Delta’s plans (pictured) to turn the Millennium Dome into a sports arena will not be granted planning permission until May 2003.

  • BPF slams govt’s ‘stealth tax’ planning gain proposals

    The British Property Federation has attacked government proposals on planning gain as “yet another stealth tax”. Outgoing BPF director general Will McKee slated the consultation paper published on 19 December.

  • Grosvenor disposes of London properties

    Merivale Moore has bought a 125-year leasehold interest in Warwick House, 25/27 Buckingham Palace Road, SW1, from Grosvenor for £5.2m. The sale of the 20,800 sq ft (1,932 sq m)…

  • Wembley stadium bid is approved

    Wembley will be the home of England’s new national stadium. The announcement was made this afternoon by Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell and the Football Association (FA), and a report on…

  • Govt claims winning Dome bid is best for UK taxpayers

    The government is claiming that Meridian Delta’s winning bid for the Dome will provide more money for the public purse than any of the earlier bids, including Legacy’s which would…

  • Mixed welcome for Govt’s planning reforms

    The Government is facing renewed opposition to its proposal to make Parliament the final planning arbiter on major infrastructure projects. Yesterday, DTLR Secretary Stephen Byers told the Commons of his…

  • Meridian Delta to win preferred bidder status for Dome

    Meridian Delta, the consortium made up of Quintain, Lend Lease and the Anschutz Entertainment Group, looks set to become the government’s preferred bidder to take over the running of the…