London councils are building homes again
Huge regeneration projects and housing plans unveiled at MIPIM property conference in Cannes
This week the London property world — developers, councils, planners and architects — have decamped to Cannes in the South of France for the annual MIPIM real estate conference.
With just two weeks to go to Brexit the atmosphere is tense but positive, with 28,000 professionals and politicians taking advantage of the global networking opportunities to mix and match with developers and investors in a bid to secure deals in a less than secure world.
Most years the London Stand at MIPIM is the setting for the unveiling of new large-scale projects.
The uncertainty of Brexit has meant that this year a lot of boroughs and developers are keeping their powder dry.
One of the stars of the London Stand is Darren Rodwell, leader of Barking & Dagenham council, who recently warned developers: “If you’re coming to my borough and doing something my people don’t want, you’re no friend of mine. I didn’t fight the BNP to let developers run all over us.”
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