City core
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Goldman snuffs out rights of light claims
Goldman Sachs has reached an eleventh-hour deal over the rights of light claims launched against its proposed £800m City HQ, EC4. The US investment bank has settled disputes with UK…
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Players sought for £350m game of Jenga
The owners of a £350m London residential scheme dubbed the Jenga Tower have launched a search for a funding partner after clearing their final planning hurdle.
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Lipton returns to the City for Pinnacle revival
Sir Stuart Lipton is set to make a spectacular return to City of London development, working with Axa Real Estate Investment Management to revive the stalled Pinnacle skyscraper, EC2.
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Investigation launched after Cheesegrater bolts break
The contractor and engineer behind British Land and Oxford Properties’ City skyscraper has launched an investigation after a pair of steel bolts on the building broke.
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Tudor to sell Mishcon’s Eagle House
A redevelopment opportunity opposite Estates Gazette’s HQ in the heart of London’s Holborn, has come to the market.
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AlphaBeta completes tech letting
Cloud-based research reference manager Mendeley has signed a 10-year lease for 19,000 sq ft at Resolution Property’s AlphaBeta in EC2.
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Fubon confirmed for Carter Lane
LondonMetric Property has confirmed that it has lined up Taiwanese insurer Fubon Life to buy One Carter Lane, EC4, for £138.8m
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Axa pins down Pinnacle
One of the City’s most beleaguered skyscraper developments, the Pinnacle, looks set to be resurrected by Axa Real Estate.
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US law firm signs up for London Wall prelet
US law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is under offer for more than 60,000 sq ft at Brookfield Office Properties’ and Oxford Properties’ 2 London Wall Place, EC2.
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News in brief: 1 November 2014
Cameron on board for HS3 The government has backed a report from HS2 chairman Sir David Higgins calling for a £7bn HS3 link between Leeds and Manchester. Chancellor George Osborne…
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Victoria’s BID for 2020 vision
Victoria’s Business Improvement District has unveiled plans to transform the area over the next five years.
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Editor’s comment: 1 November 2014
Private equity house TPG’s long-mooted acquisition of DTZ completes on Wednesday. Another year, another owner, many will say.