London Life

 

 

Houses of Parliament Summer Opening During the Summer Recess the Palace of Westminster, home to the House of Lords and the House of Commons is open for a one hour guided tour, which includes both Chambers and other great State Rooms.

The UK Parliament is one of the oldest representative assemblies in the world. The site of the Houses of Parliament is the Palace of Westminster, a royal palace and former residence of kings. The layout of the Palace is intricate, with its existing buildings containing nearly 1,200 rooms, 100 staircases and well over 3 kilometers (2 miles) of passages. Among the original historic buildings is Westminster Hall, used nowadays for major public ceremonial events.

 

During the Summer Recess the Palace of Westminster, home to the House of Lords and the House of Commons is open for a one hour guided tour, which includes both Chambers and other great State Rooms. The tour starts at Victoria Tower and ends in Historic Westminster Hall.

 

 

London’s West End has easily retained its position as the world’s most expensive office market.  According to research compiled by CB Richard Ellis, the world’s largest property services firm, annual Ho Chi Minh City office rents rocketed by 94 percent to $85.84 per square foot.

But at $299.54 per square foot, rents in London’s West End once again eclipsed those in Moscow and other international business hubs. Rents in the supply-starved market are 82 percent higher than London’s City office market and nearly three times the rents in the Midtown Manhattan office market in New York, which is the Americas’ most costly market.

Tokyo’s Inner Central Five Wards, Mumbai’s Nariman Point and Tokyo’s Outer Central Five Wards were named the world’s third, fourth and fifth most expensive markets, respectively.

Singapore and Dubai were newcomers to the top 10. Singapore ranked ninth, with an occupancy cost of $139.31 per square foot, while Dubai was number 10, with an occupancy cost of $128.49 per square foot. ( info from: forbes.com )

LONDON - Whatever criticisms may be leveled against Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, lack of ambition isn’t among them.
The 41-year-old Abramovich is planning to convert two Victorian apartment buildings in London’s exclusive Lowdes Square into a palatial home for his family worth a staggering £150 million ($295.5 million).

According to the plans seen by the Daily Mail, Abramovich is planning to build an eight-bedroom home over eight floors, replete with a heated swimming pool, sauna, Jacuzzi, cinema, parking and separate apartments for staff.

The one thing that stands in Abramovich’s way is the local government authority of Kensington and Chelsea, to which he has already applied for planning permission.

 

 

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