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The creation of Canary Wharf has been a towering success but the benefits of the booming business district have not always been felt in neighbouring communities.
To bridge the gap the Isle of Dogs Community Foundation has spent 20 years providing funding for essential services on the Island.
Shell is in negotiations with Canary Wharf Group to relocate to Docklands for the next 10 years.
The petrol giant, which is currently based near Waterloo, is hoping to move to 40 Bank Street when it starts redeveloping its current offices next year.
Canary Wharf Group has secured the One Park Place site near Westferry Circus for £17.5million.
The estate landlord picked up the long leasehold interests from receivers acting for Park Place SARL last week, after several years of interest.
West India Dock will be partially drained in the next few weeks as Crossrail construction continues in Canary Wharf.
Piling has now been completed at the site known as Adams Place, and Crossrail has claimed work is "proceeding to schedule" as the £16billion project enters 2010.
Bear Sterns proposed new home at 5 Churchill Place has been snapped up by a private investor based in Bermuda.
Canary Wharf Group sold its leasehold interest in the building for £208million this morning. The new owner is a limited partnership called 5 Churchill Place LP.
By Jim Fitzpatrick
Canary Wharf's Community Christmas Reception is always an enjoyable event at which the Group invites along local community organisations and their representatives for a seasonal social get-together.
Everyone has a great evening, partaking of some Canary Wharf hospitality.
Tower Hamlets Council saw Canary Wharf Group's contribution to a training centre as a "driving factor" in its decision to force occupiers off land at Heron Quays, an inquiry heard.
Documents referenced last week indicate officers described the money as "the key rationale" behind its decision to clear the way for CWG's Heron Quays West scheme.
Heron Quays leaseholder Michael Gross will tell an enquiry this week that he was "deceived" by Canary Wharf Group during talks for his stake.
Mr Gross is one of two leaseholders who pushed for a public enquiry after they were served with a compulsory purchase order by Tower Hamlets Council last year.
Tower Hamlets Council has dismissed claims that it is Canary Wharf Group's "poodle" as the row over land at Heron Quays continues.
The authority chose to use its compulsory purchase powers last year to allow Canary Wharf Group to snap up the last pockets of land for its 2.5million sq ft Heron Quays West development.
It has been a huge success but the days of the East London Business Place are numbered.
The free advice and networking service was set up in April last year to help small and medium sized enterprises win contracts and create relationships between suppliers and buyers.
Canary Wharf Group's Michael Schumacher is sitting in Jubilee Place Mall, talking about landfill with a big smile on his face.
The environmental systems manager is the man behind most of the green leaps that the company takes, and he's extremely proud of the latest one.
Canary Wharf Group has filed a claim against bankrupt financial giant Lehman Brothers for $4.28billion in rent and charges.
The claim was filed this month with Epiq Bankruptcy Solutions in the US, and includes $2.63billion in rent, $711.3million in rates, and $552.6 in dilapidations.
It's never too early to pick up some new business.
While some Wharfers are still hacking their way through crowded Tube at 7.30am, others are already on the hunt for contacts and advice.
Angry snappers are expected to descend on Canary Wharf as part of a nationwide protest over "draconian" restrictions on photography.
Professionals and amateurs will gather in Reuters Plaza at 3pm on September 12 to demonstrate against the checks imposed by anti-terrorism legislation and private security.
New transport minister Sadiq Khan believes Crossrail is too advanced to stop - but that the Tories could still cripple the scheme with cuts.
The Tooting MP checked on the progress of the £16billion scheme during his first official visit to Canary Wharf this morning, but was most keen to talk about whether the opposition would squeeze its budget if they assumed power.
A key source of funds for the Isle of Dogs is looking to expand its support across Tower Hamlets.
The Isle of Dogs Community Foundation - which helps distribute planning contributions from developers building on the island - is changing its constitution to allow it to work around the borough.
Long leaseholders want a public inquiry into the bid to kick them off land at Heron Quays.
Leeside International and Michael John Hunt have written to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, claiming the move is "premature" and could "jeopardise" jobs in the area.
West Ham legend Sir Trevor Brooking is urging the club's new owners to build for the future following this week's takeover.
The club changed hands on Monday when chairman Bjorgolfor Gudmundsson relinquished control to CB Holdings, in a deal believed to be worth around £100million.
Thames Clippers will be providing additional shuttle services between London Bridge and Canary Wharf tomorrow if the 48-hour tube strike proceeds as planned at 6.59pm tonight.
Extra services will also operate between Greenland Pier and Canary Wharf during the morning peak.
Detailed plans are beginning to emerge for the buildings that will make up the large mixed-use Wood Wharf scheme to the east of Canary Wharf.
Applications for the first two buildings in the seven hectare scheme have now been submitted to Tower Hamlets Council. The full scheme received outline permission last year.
