Piers Wehner
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Sir Stuart Lipton appointed to Network Rail property board
Sir Stuart Lipton is to sit on Network Rail’s property board. Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) chairman Lipton will act as an independent adviser on the management…
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Mayor to reject mixed-use Peruvian Wharf scheme
Plans for a 1.8m sq ft mixed-use development to transform a derelict wharf in the Royal Docks will be turned down by the mayor’s office.
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New towers expect criticism from English Heritage and Historic Royal Palaces
Plans for eight residential towers across the Thames from the Tower of London are expected to be criticised by English Heritage and Historic Royal Palaces when the proposals go to…
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Blackfriars Investments deny responsible for closure of Mermaid Theatre
Criticism of the redevelopment of the 2 Puddle Dock site, EC4, has prompted Blackfriars Investments chief executive Mallory Clifford to deny that his company is responsible for shutting down the…
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Office building in E1 approved
Tower Hamlets council approved City North’s plans for a 275,000sq ft office building at 44-61 Prescot Street, E1, this week. The site for the 8-storey building, designed by EPR Architects,…
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Tower Hamlets approves City North’s E1 offices
Tower Hamlets council approved City North’s plans for a 275,000 sq ft office building at 44-61 Prescot Street, E1, this week.
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Swiss Re’s 590ft tower is crowned
Swiss Re’s 590ft tower at 30 St Mary Axe, EC3 has been crowned, putting an end to speculation that the structure is flawed.
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Westminster launches Leicester Square regeneration study
Westminster council has launched a feasibility study aimed at turning Leicester Square into “the centrepiece of London”. The council’s leader Simon Milton said he wanted the area to become “a…
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RICS urges Brown not to increase property tax burden
The RICS has written an open letter to chancellor Gordon Brown urging him not to view property as “an easy target” for tax hikes in next month’s Budget.
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Duke of York officially opens first phase of King’s Road scheme
Cadogan Estate’s £150m Duke of York Square on the King’s Road in west London was officially opened today by the current Duke of York, HRH Prince Andrew.
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City Corporation backs Blackfriars’ Mermaid Theatre plans
Blackfriars Investments’ plans for the site of the former Mermaid Theatre, Upper Thames Street, EC4, have been given the go-ahead by the City Corporation.
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Broadway Malyan to masterplan Islington housing estates’ regeneration
Broadway Malyan is to draw up a masterplan for the regeneration of three housing estates in Islington, North London. The architect was chosen by housing association NBH and tenants of…