MORNING NEWS: Dagenham, design and deals

In the news this morning, EG speaks to Barking and Dagenham council leader Darren Rodwell about ambitious property plans for his borough, not least forging closer ties with the world’s second-largest economic powerhouse.

Also from EG, an interview with Yoo Capital chairman John Hitchcox who discusses plans for the firm’s £750m Kensington Olympia project, which was given the go-ahead by Hammersmith and Fulham Council last week.

And just what price did the Scottish shopping centre with a £1 starting price fetch under the hammer? Click here for the EG story or here to see what the broadsheets made of the sale.

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