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Decision on contractor awaited

Contractor appointed for SW1 scheme

Covent Garden start

Contractor for major Noho scheme

SE1 scheme start

Gem delayed

Docklands start

Mayfair start

Bank HQ underway

Spec start for City tower

Milton Gate letting

New Court plans advance

Walbrook Square rumour

Demolition in EC3

Shell seeks developer

Speculative start for City tower

Appointment for Schroders

Midtown appointment

Contractor for Midtown scheme

Mayfair refurbishment

Negotiations on EC3 tower

Bovis wins Aldersgate contract

Contractor for Regent Street scheme

Shortlist for EC2 tower

Shortlist for EC3 refurbishment

Shortlist for huge EC1 refurbishment

Contractor for EC2 scheme

Bovis tipped for City scheme

City tower to begin in 2007

Tower gets underway in EC2

Start for EC2 scheme

Contractor lined up for £75m redevelopment

Hanover Square letting

Cricklewood redevelopment latest

Spring start for 'new' York House

Bovis to begin on new Royex House

122 Leadenhall gets permission

Ludgate West shortlist?

Demolition of York House begins.

Royex House to start

Bovis favourite for 51 Lime Street, EC3

Bovis takes Tabard contract.

Bankside may start in 2003

Dome application made

Bovis to build Plantation Place

Main contractor for Walker House

Bovis Lend Lease win Gresham Street

Bovis appointed on Knightsbridge Green, SW1

Treasury scheme to go ahead

Contractors tipped for City tower

Six major office scheme contractors are tipped to be competing to build British Land's £340 million 'Cheese grater' building in Leadenhall Building in Leadenhall Street, London, EC3. Mace, Skanska, Laing O'Rourke, Bovis Lend Lease, Balfour Beatty and Sir Robert McAlpine have been identified as front-runners for the project. - (17-12-2010)

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Treasury Office completed

Work on the 450,000 sq ft refurbishment of the Treasury Office (Phase 2) on Great George Street is to complete next week. The Foster & Partners designed scheme has been project managed by Stanhope under the Exchange Partners Consortium banner. Bovis Lend Lease has been acting as main contractor and Gardiner & Theobald was the Quantity Surveyor. - (12-11-2004)

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Shell wins on appeal

Shell International’s plans for the redevelopment of part of the Shell Centre site in London, SE1 have been given planning consent on appeal. The scheme in York Road is to be developed in partnership with Lend Lease and is known as Belvedere Court. The development include about 32,000 sq m (344,450 sq ft) of offices, 7,300 sq m (78,575 sq ft) of retail within the existing Shell building, 4,000 sq m (43,056 sq ft) of restaurants and cafes, 11,200 sq m (120,556 sq ft) of sports facilities and 4,700 sq m (50,590 sq ft) of conference space. The scheme has been designed by Arup Associates - (20-04-2004)

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Parkview revises Battersea plans

Parkview, the developer, has submitted a revised planning application for Battesea Power station in London SW8. The new application is a revision to the 510,962 sq m (5.5m sq ft) plans approved in 2001 with key elements being a renovated power station building, two hotels, a theatre and office space, and up to 700 apartments. The new plans, which follow a feasibility review by Parkview and Lend Lease, open up the south side of the site and include 51,096 sq m (550,000 sq ft) of office space and a 20,996 sq m (226,000 sq ft) exhibition building. Letting agents are CB Richard Ellis and Davis Coffer Lyons. - (23-03-2004)

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Lambeth rejects Arup scheme

This week the London Borough of Lambeth refused to grant planning permission to the Belvedere Court scheme in York Road, London SE1. The decision was made against the officer recommendation. Belvedere Court is planned by Lend Lease and designed by Arup Associates. The refusal was based on design, overlooking of the listed County Hall, impact of retail on local shops, and loss of public open space. - (20-12-2002)

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BBC £252m "live news centre"

The BBC is to spend £252m creating a “live news centre” at Broadcasting House, Portland Place, London W1. The development will start shortly with the demolition of Egton House, an adjoining building, starting in January 2003. Bovis Lend Lease has been appointed as the construction manager. The 9 to 13 storey complex has been designed by Sir Richard McCormac and will include 140 studios, a central atrium, and a huge newsroom. All the BBC’s radio operations and television news will be brought together in the building. The first stage of the project is the refurbishment and extension of Broadcasting House, a 1932 Grade II* listed building, and the demolition of four adjoining properties to create two new buildings of about 74,321 sq m (800,000 sq ft). The scheme will be completed by 2008. - (16-12-2002)

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Bovis wins Plantation Place contract

Bovis Lend Lease is said to have won the construction contract for British Land's Plantation Place scheme at 31-35 Fenchurch Street, London EC3. In total the scheme, designed by Arup Associates, is about 60,386 sq m (650,000 sq ft) and around 34,875 sq m (375,400 sq ft) of the development has recently been pre-let to Accenture. - (15-10-2001)

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SE1 office scheme announced

Shell International and Lend Lease have submitted detailed plans for the redevelopment of part of the Shell Centre site in York Road, London SE1. The scheme now has a high office content, rather than a retail emphasis as originally envisaged, following discussions with London Borough of Lambeth. The £180m scheme, named Belvedere Court, includes about 32,000 sq m (344,450 sq ft), of offices, mainly in a new 12-storey building, 7,300 sq m (78,575 sq ft) of retail within the existing Shell space, 4,000 sq m (43,056 sq ft) of restaurants and cafes, 11,200 sq m (120,556 sq ft) of sports facilities and 4,700 sq m (50,590 sq ft) of conference space. The scheme has been designed by Arup Associates. Knight Frank is rumoured to be marketing the ofice development and CB Hillier Parker is the agent for the retail space. If planning approval is granted the scheme could be completed in autumn 2004. - (03-09-2001)

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Lend Lease buys part of Patent Office

City & Provincial and Lend Lease have acquired part of the former Patent Office at 10 Furnival Street, London EC4 for about £12.5m. The eastern part of the building has been acquired from City & General, which is currently refurbishing the 4,645 sq m (50,000 sq ft) Central Court and the 2,787 sq m (30,000 sq ft) Staple Court. This phase is due to be completed in August 2002 and Jones Land LaSalle and Montagu Evans are to begin marketing in September. The eastern part of the building will be refurbished and extended at a cost of £15m and the office content will be increased from 8,175 sq m to 10,312 sq m (88,000 sq ft to 111,000 sq ft). The Lend Lease joint venture was advised by Knight Frank. - (25-08-2001)

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NAO reviews Treasury scheme

A review of the private finance initiative (PFI) approach on the Treasury and Ministry of Defence buildings in Whitehall, London SW1 has been launched by the National Audit Office, parliament's spending watchdog. The NAO has said that I will produce separate reports on the Treasury and MoD contracts, which are worth about £500m and £1.6bn respectively. The Treasury's Grade II listed building is being refurbished by the Exchequer Partnership, a consortium involving Chesterton, Stanhope and Bovis Lend Lease. The MoD's Grade I listed main building in Whitehall is being refurbished by Modus Services, a consortium comprising Amey, McQuarie Infrastructure, John Laing and Innisfree. Internal demolition work on the MoD's building will start in September. - (25-08-2001)

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Broadcasting House plans

The BBC is said to be about to go ahead with the redevelopment of Broadcasting House in Langham Place, London W1, behind the Grade II listed facade. The 46,451 sq m (500,000 sq ft) building would be redeveloped by Land Securities Trillium, which includes Bovis Lend Lease, and could take six years to complete. The scheme will increase the useable floorspace by 6,967 sq m (75,000 sq ft) to about 50,167 sq m (540,000 sq ft). The construction work is estimated to be about £200m and technology costs account for another £200m. An application for planning permission may be made by November 2001. - (29-07-2001)

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BBC prefers Land Securities

The BBC has announced that Land Securities Trillium as the preferred bidder in its proposed property partnership. Land Securities submitted a joint bid with Trillium, the outsourcing group, last year. The Land Securities team is also understood to include Bovis Lend Lease. The BBC's reserve bidder is Amey. If Land Securities/Trillium secure the deal the first project is likely to be the £200m development of the White City site in London W12, which could provide 60,000 sq m (645,840 sq ft). The Grade II listed Broadcasting House in Langham Place, London W4 is included in the property portfolio and the BBC is also said to be renegotiating its lease on Bush House, Aldwych, London WC2, which expires in 2005, and could be a refurbishment project. - (25-03-2001)

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Revised skyscraper design unveiled

A revised design for a 80-storey skyscraper at London Bridge station, by Italian architect Renzo Piano, is now being put forward by developer Irvine Sellar. The 390m (1,279 ft) tower will include 65,031 sq m (700,000 sq ft) of offices and 18,580 sq m (200,000 sq ft) of flats along with hotel and retail space. A planning application could be submitted to the London Borough of Southwark by the end of the year but is likely to be determined by the Greater London Authority. The skyscraper would not be completed before 2005 and construction costs are put at £300m. Bovis Lend Lease is the project manager. The scheme is unlikely to proceed without a major pre-let and the developer is said to be in discussion with firms including Pricewaterhouse Coopers. - (13-11-2000)

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