Legacy project: Home win

‘No ball games’ said the signs on the estates where these Premiership footballers grew up. But with Aviva and Colliers onside, they want to turn that around by putting social housing and sport at the heart of communities. Damian Wild reports. Portrait by Tom Campbell

Can a shorter Paddington Pole win the day?

Shard developer Irvine Sellar has seen his ambitions for a skyscraper at Paddington encouraged then snubbed by Westminster Council. But with the station in dire need of a new £100m entrance, can a revised shorter scheme save the day?

Last word: West End’s star performance

With two mega-deals, a doubling of the sq ft of lettings in Q4 compared to the previous quarter, and the highest levels of take-up in 12 years, one market outshone all others at the end of last year: the West End.