Race for Old War Office heats up as bids ‘sail over £300m’

The sale of the 580,000 square foot Old War Office was formally put to bed yesterday, paving the way for Churchill's former stomping ground to be turned into resi apartments and a luxury hotel.

23,153 square foot mid-century corner building was deemed "surplus to operational requirements" at the back end of last year

The curtain has been raised on a showstopping £750m regeneration project in London's Shoreditch, centred around the most important Shakespeare heritage project in the UK for almost 20 years.