Piers Wehner

The Greater London London Authority (GLA) has been advised that tall buildings are not essential for the capital’s future, and that existing planning laws cannot ensure quality design. .

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has welcomed the government’s proposed e-conveyancing legislation but has raised concerns over security and the readiness of people to switch to paperless transactions.

AXA Sun Life has bought out GAN’s share of the freehold of 20/21 St. James’s Square (pictured) for £32m. The office building, which comprises 6500 sq m (70,000 sq ft)…

Department store operator Fenwick has made a £71m recommended cash offer for rival Bentalls. Bentalls said that Fenwick’s 173p per share cash offer valued the company at about £70.8m and…

The Land Registry will remain in the public sector despite the changes promised in the Land Registration Bill, according to a Government report.

Cable & Wireless has signed Chesterton Workplace Management to take on facilities management services for its entire UK office portfolio. Chesterton Workplace Management (CWM) will manage contracts valued at £18m…

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has presented ambitious plans for 2001-2004, and is urging the Regional Development Agencies to fund its proposals.

GEHE UK, which owns the high-street pharmacist chain Lloydspharmacy, will spend more than £25m developing 12 new health centres, in partnership with the NHS.

Mayor for London Ken Livingstone has attacked the Government’s regional spending policies, claiming that they have deprived the capital of over £10bn of public investment.

A scheme to transfer more local authority housing to registered social landlords has been given the go-ahead by housing minister Sally Keeble today.