West End News
-
Canary Wharf Group Plc and Qatar’s sovereign-wealth fund won local-government approval to construct offices and 877 homes in eight buildings at the site of Royal Dutch Shell Plc’s U.K. headquarters near the London Eye Ferris wheel on the River Thames.
-
Great Portland Estates Plc, the real estate developer focused on London’s West End, said full-year profit rose 16 percent as the value of its properties increased.
-
Coffee houses hold a special place in London’s history. During the late 17th century, they were the birthplace of Lloyd’s of London and the London Stock Exchange -- two institutions that helped make the square-mile City of London a global financial capital.
-
Dramatic irony is a great theatrical tool. Double the irony, and you double the rewards.
-
Any poker player, gambler, or theater producer will tell you there’s no such thing as a sure bet. It’s just that some bets are surer than others.
-
Seeking to hedge against rising rents and a shortage of space, banks and insurers are on a record spree of buying office buildings in Hong Kong, where occupancy costs are the second-highest in the world.
-
Beyonce, a dinosaur parade and a Catalan tasting menu are among Muse’s arts and leisure recommendations for London this Bank Holiday weekend.
-
Evans Randall Ltd., half owner of the London tower known as the Gherkin, bought 60 million pounds ($93 million) of office property in the city’s Mayfair district.
-
Following is the text of the weekly U.S. Drought Monitor as released by the National Drought Mitigation Center in Lincoln, Nebraska:
-
Kevin Rowland and Dexys are staging an audacious comeback.
|
|
Most Popular on Bloomberg
|
| |