TfL’s day job is running the capital’s bus and underground network, but it has held on to its land, and 22 years after its creation it remains the third biggest landowner in the capital, after the emirate of Qatar and the mayor of London .. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/a…
Over the next decade, Graem Craig has drawn up plans to build more than 20,000 homes, with 1,650 already under construction.. The largest development is Earl’s Court, where construction is expected to start in 2025 and take 15 years..
The vision of the Earls Court Development Company, set up by TfL and Delancey, is “to bring the wonder back” to a once iconic music and events venue. But it is a vision that has been delayed and revised, and details are scarce at this stage.. 🤔
The developers went back to the drawing board, and Delancey replaced TfL’s original partner Capital & Counties Properties, after protests over plans to demolish two council estates, which have since been handed back to Hammersmith and Fulham council..
Rather than selling off its lucrative assets, TfL set up a separate property department in 2012 to develop the land and manage the properties. Nearly two-fifths of the current portfolio is shop space, but TfL wants to become a bigger player in offices and housing.
Younger people will have to be coaxed back to the office, he says, and offices will need to have pleasant, open, flexible meeting spaces and other attractions – although TfL’s won’t feature swimming pools and basketball courts, like the new Google headquarters at King’s Cross.
TfL sold land above Crossrail stations, which has generated £300m so far and is expected to bring in £500m in total.
TfL was criticised for selling off the “family silver” – its former Grade I-listed headquarters at 55 Broadway overlooking St James’s Park – to a hotels entrepreneur for £120m in 2019.
Tony Matharu, Grange Hotels’ Managing Director and Founder of IODR, with Paul Nixon (Cricketer), Prince Harry, Prince William and Devon Malcolm (Cricketer)
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"Warring Matharu brothers sell luxury Grange hotels after epic journey" - The Times, 2019 thetimes.co.uk/article/warrin…
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The sale, on which HFF Securities advised, is said to have elicited interest from international property investors and sovereign wealth funds, with a joint bid from CBRE Global Investors and Aprirose understood to have been the underbidder.
Queensgate is a partnership between the Kow family, Alvarium Investments, Peterson Group and Dilmun. It has about £2 billion of assets under management.
It funded the purchase w/a debt facility from Société Générale, the Carlyle Group & Cheyne Capital
After completion, the four Grange hotels will be leased to the operator of the Jurys Inn and Leonardo Hotels brands in a back-to-back deal. Three will be rebranded under the Leonardo Royal flag, with the Holborn property assuming Leonardo’s new lifestyle brand, NYX
The Jurys and Leonardo brands are controlled by Fattal Hotel group, an Israeli company that operates almost 200 hotels in 17 countries, including the Midland Hotel in Manchester and the Grand Harbour Hotel in Southampton. forbes.com/profile/david-…
"Bloomberg reported on October 6, 2025, that Citadel is considering launching or investing in a prediction & betting platform. This aligns with broader Wall Street interest in the space, where markets have seen explosive growth post-2024 US elections." tekedia.com/citadel-explor…
This move comes amid a prediction markets boom:Investor Inflows: Billionaires like Charles Schwab and Citadel Securities CEO Peng Zhao invested in Kalshi a CFTC-regulated platform in June 2025, valuing it at $2 billion. Henry Kravis KKR co-founder is also backing the sector."..🤔
The Technological Republic : Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West is a 2025 book co-authored by Alexander C. Karp, the co-founder and CEO of Palantir Technologies, and Nicholas W. Zamiska, Palantir's head of corporate affairs and legal counsel to the CEO.
Grok : " Palantir is a core partner in the precursor to Genesis—the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR)—which Genesis explicitly builds upon. This involves Palantir's Foundry and AIP platforms for secure data integration across federal datasets..
Grok : " Candace Owens deliberately chose the name Blexit in 2018 to mirror Brexit – both are framed as liberation movements from a political establishments."
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Attendees at the Turning Point UK Launch Event (December 11, 2018) :
* Andy Wigmore (communications director of Leave.EU)
* Paul Joseph Watson (InfoWars )
* James Delingpole (Breitbart London editor and Spectator writer) x.com/artisbrutal202…
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Mappin : "Princess Gloria Von Thurn und Taxis heard about the London event, in Germany and immediately invited Kirk and Owens to her Palace at Regensburg ..
Mappin : " His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, James Marlbourough invited them both to visit him at Blenheim Palace and later participated in TPUK fundraising events in London...🤔