Driving force behind London’s second financial district to be replaced by Nigel Wilson
Developers seem to be adopting a ‘build it and they will come’ approach
Docklands financial estate secures backing from lenders for £550mn debt deal against backdrop of falling valuations
Plus, one UK local council gets wooed by a Monaco hedge fund and Rodolphe Saadé leans into building a media empire
Tenancy renewal is boost for financial centre hit by string of high-profile tenant departures
Rating agency’s decision to leave Docklands office for City of London marks latest exit by financial tenant
Chancellor announces £242mn for new homes and life sciences in east London financial district and Barking
The property developer on conjuring a financial district from London’s derelict docklands — and why working from home is overrated
Brookfield and Qatar Investment Authority put fresh capital into east London centre amid waning demand for office space
A moated, gated, privatised space divided from the rest of London may have had its day
HSBC’s decision to leave underlines London financial district’s need to reinvent itself again
Bank’s departure is latest blow to the east London financial district that rose in the wake of Thatcher’s ‘Big Bang’ reforms
Expected relocation to smaller office underscores trend of companies cutting space following rise in homeworking
Owners of east London site submit application for new 23-storey life sciences campus
Each duplex penthouse at One Park Drive is uniquely configured to maximise its aspect and position within the building
Landlord wants to set up life sciences cluster in east London after pandemic dents office appeal
But is Shapps playing gesture politics?
London landlord is changing its portfolio as employers find they need fewer desks with staff working from home
Deyan Sudjic traces the transformation of this once derelict wasteland into a commercial and residential powerhouse
Early signs of life have given authorities hope that financial district can bounce back
Hub faces test of being able to adapt as pandemic threatens to cut employees’ ties to the workplace
London’s Docklands is used to being reinvented — it just wasn’t expecting to be so again quite yet
When violations slide by without consequences, staff respect can quickly break down
Employees complain after pair returned to One Canada Square following US and Spain trips
Financial district says advice to avoid public transport is deterring large-scale return
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