‘Can of Ham’ skyscraper sale collapses in £300m blow for City
Blackstone’s failure to purchase 70 St Mary Axe reflects City’s commercial property market struggles

Blackstone’s failure to purchase 70 St Mary Axe reflects City’s commercial property market struggles
Previously rejected plan was re-submitted by Beijing shortly after Labour took power
A decade after Earl’s Court was earmarked for housing, plans are still in deadlock
Housebuilders say its ‘wrong’ for them to pay extra levy when they built to standards at the time
Smaller-scale proposals from Network Rail branded ‘perverse’ in redesign row
Figures underline challenge facing the Housing Secretary’s 1.5m homes target
Neighbours of 1 Undershaft voice concerns over ‘environment of surveillance’
The Chancellor’s decision to spend, spend, spend means October’s ‘painful’ Budget may not be the last
Fears over viability of projects after Budget changes leave developers on a ‘knife-edge’
Barely any new retail space is being built, while office space already under construction has fallen to a decade low
India’s Poonawalla family purchases Grosvenor Square despite their criticism of tightening tax rules
Segro chief says it has ‘not been a great start’ for relations between business and Government
RGL Management seeks to double number of participants to 5,000 as it expects claim to total £200m
Pubs may increase the use of app and tablet-based ordering to reduce wages and tax bills
Ice cream maker sues its parent company, claiming Unilever blocked it from speaking out
NI tax raid will ‘cause particular pain’ to pubs and farms, the chairman of Fuller’s warns