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"People tend to believe major projects in the UK don't always go as well as they should, but when you look at the track record in the last 10 years the majority have gone very well."

John Armitt, chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), is confident the Games are a golden opportunity to show off the best of British.

AN "ICONIC" high-rise addition to the Canary Wharf estate could be unveiled by 2012.

Grattan Property's 45-storey One Park Place development would feature 920,000 square feet of net internal office space, as well as an additional 11,000 square feet of restaurants and retail.

The light-catching building has also been designed to allow easy access to the western end of the West India Dock.

Architect Horden Cherry Lee was selected to design the building last summer. An application is expected by the end of the month, and the three-year construction schedule could begin by early 2009.