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Canary Wharf owner in danger of going bust - again

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/construction_and_property/article5979250.ece

The owner of Canary Wharf has revealed that it is in danger of going bust for a second time.

The plunging value of property, after various tenants have either collapsed or indicated they may move out, means there is a "material risk" that Songbird Estates, the Morgan Stanley-backed consortium that acquired most of the development in 2004, could be in breach of its banking covenants within a year.

The company's final results show that the market value of the property there slumped from £6.76 billion to £4.93 billion last year.

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  • vivatifosi
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    The problem with Canary Wharf is, although it does have tenants in other sectors, it is really aimed at the finance sector, so its rise and fall (and I'm sure it will rise again at some point) will be charted against finance. A similar problem arose in Broadgate in the late 80s/early 90s (albeit on a smaller scale).
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