As long as China remains a revolving dictatorship, enriched citizens will continue to shove money out the door, just in case the proletariat revolts. A cynical take on why Guangdong soy sauce conglomerate, Lee Kum Kee, last month paid £37 mln (€44 mln) for a 75,000 sq ft (7,000 m2) office block in London Docklands – even though they intend to occupy only one of the 10 floors.
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A new 'Republic' is bringing the groove back to the London Docklands, while the new mayor is trying to put figures on foreign ownership in his city and a French insurer is giving a concrete signal of its belief in the post-Brexit capital. Three themes in Peter Bill's Letter from London.
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At 8.30 am on the morning of Tuesday 20 September the view from Standard Life’s offices on the 34th floor of the Gherkin was clouded, columnist Peter Bill writes in his month Letter from London.
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Every UK real estate owner holding assets in euros must be looking to sell. Seek and ye shall surely find, writes columnist Peter Bill.
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Brexit? Discount the torrent of words from those talking their own book. Ignore pundits, including this one, PropertyEU columnist Peter Bill writes this month in his Letter from London.
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Brexit? Discount the torrent of words from those talking their own book. Ignore pundits, including this one.
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In his Letter from London, Columnist Peter Bill discusses his trip to the Urban Land Institute’s inaugural UK conference in May.
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German real estate company Deka Immobilien has purchased a newly constructed, energy-efficient office building with retail space in Paris for €89 mln.
