Drivers Jonas Deloitte has been appointed project manager for four London 2012 temporary venues.
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) has appointed Drivers Jonas Deloitte to manage Greenwich Park, the equestrian events and modern pentathlon venue, Horses Guards Parade where beach volleyball will be hosted, The Mall, which …

Prime Minister David Cameron has set out a government’s plan for London’s East End to become a technology hub similar to Silicon Valley.
Speaking to technology business leaders in Shoreditch in London today, Cameron also announced that the Olympic Park media centre was to become flexible office space, facilities and expertise, …

The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority has begun the search for a developer to lead the redevelopment of a 126 acre leisure complex in Edmonton, London.
The body wants a leisure developer to propose an “innovative” masterplan for the  redevelopment of the Lee Valley Leisure Centre site. It is currently the …

The Olympic Park Legacy Company’s ability to maximise the economic benefits from the Olympic Park and the 2012 Games has been challenged by the London Assembly.
In a report out this morning, the assembly raises concerns about the implications of transferring and Olympic Park to the legacy company and highlights “a …

The London Development Agency has completed a deal that sees 500 acres of land transferred to the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC).
On Wednesday night, the LDA handed over the freehold to the Olympics site, worth hundreds of millions, after a long-protracted process that had been held back by a Treasury …

Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins is set to become chief executive of Network Rail.
Higgins, who is a former chief executive of Lend Lease and English Partnerships, will join the rail operator on 1 February next year.
Higgins is already a non-executive director at Network Rail, and will succeed Iain …

A cable car is being planned for a Thames river crossing between the Greenwich Peninsula and the Royal Docks in London.
The proposals being developed by Transport for London (TfL) would provide a privately funded, fully accessible cable car for pedestrians and cyclists which would cut travel times between the O2 …

The London Thames Gateway Development Corporation has bought seven land plots in Hackney Wick and Fish Island, east London, from PricewaterhouseCoopers, which is administrator to Paul Kemsley’s Rock Investments.
The £6m acquisition is the development corporation’s first land purchase, and comprises more than 1.64 acres.
It sees this as a ‘vital jigsaw piece’ …

London mayor Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to reform development powers in London and take direct responsibility for the legacy of the 2012 London Olympics.
Speaking today at the first meeting of London borough leaders since the election, Johnson confirmed he planned to take powers for the Greater London Authority (GLA), …

Plans to give the Mayor of London more powers over development and the Olympics are to be unveiled at London’s City Hall today.
The new coalition wants to devolve power from central government to the London mayor Boris Johnson, with proposals expected to include scrapping the London Development Agency and moving …