Reuters: Bish, bash, bosh! British Land, Land Securities, Hammerson, Lend Lease and Delancey fight it out over Whitgift

London Borough of Barnet, after Hammerson has been at work
(well actually, it's Croydon) 
Link to Reuters web site

"[More] major property developers have entered the battle with Australian giant Westfield to redevelop an ageing south London shopping mall, the latest twist in a growing wrangle between the Whitgift Centre's owners.

"Westfield, which opened a mall near the London Olympic park to great fanfare last autumn, said in November the 42-year old site in Croydon would become its third large London centre, after an exclusive deal with the Whitgift Foundation, the freeholder and 25 percent leaseholder.

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Link to "Hammerson's other shopping centre: Keeping Westfield out of Croydon"

"Hammerson and Westfield: It ain't over till the Fat Developer sings" 

"Extra trams arrive in Croydon today: one Conservative Council that believes in public transport"