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Shell HQ redevelopment thrown into doubt

Sep 4th, 2013
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Screen Shot 2013-09-04 at 13.27.44Financial Times: By Ed Hammond and Jim Pickard: September 4, 2013

The £1.5bn redevelopment of Shell’s UK headquarters, the centrepiece of one of London’s largest regeneration projects, has been thrown into doubt after government ministers called for a last minute review of the scheme.

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