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Walking on water: £60million walkway that'll let Londoners take a stroll on the Thames
<a href='http://bit.ly/l9MFB4' target="_blank">Daily Mail - Walking on water: £60million walkway that'll let Londoners take a stroll on the Thames</a> ‘London Mayor Boris Johnson today announced that the kilometre-long pontoon design, known as the London River Park', had won financing from Singapore-based asset managers, Venus Group.’ -
CABE and residents slam Gensler's Thames river park
<a href='http://bit.ly/r0DhGa' target="_blank">Architects Journal - CABE and residents slam Gensler's Thames river park</a> ‘Despite backing for the project from City mayor Boris Johnson and majority funders Venus Group of Singapore, the design watchdog said ‘significant issues’ still needed to be addressed and branded the eight spherical biodome exhibition pavilions ‘unimaginative and corporate.’ -
I'll build river park abroad if it is blocked here, says backer
<a href='http://bit.ly/HtWseW' target="_blank">London Evening Standard - I'll build river park abroad if it is blocked here, says backer</a> ‘If planning consent is granted on November 15, it is set to open in time for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June. But critics have raised questions about whether the foreign investors behind the Venus Group fund management company of Singapore will be able to provide the £60 million needed.’ -
Planning Application Statement of Community Involvement
<a href='http://bit.ly/HD05n3' target="_blank">London River Park - Statement of Community Involvement</a> ‘In May 2011, private funding for the project was secured from the Venus Group of Singapore. London River Park Limited was created and a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the company and the London Mayor in a deal that will see 30 per cent of net profits raised through the commercial operation of the River Park provided to the Greater London Authority for the public benefit.’ -
The London River Park: place for the people or a private playground?
<a href='http://bit.ly/t2ZR6J' target="_blank">The Guardian - The London River Park: place for the people or a private playground?</a> ‘The Singaporean asset-management company Venus will pay the entire £50m cost, and has already put £5m into developing the idea, including building a 35-metre model of a 35km stretch of the Thames, to test the park's hydrographic effects’ 'It is "looking to create a platform for inward investment" and intends to make money renting out pavilions in the park'. -
Gensler’s Thames river park sent back to drawing board
<a href='http://bit.ly/Iq4tGj' target="_blank">Architects Journal - Gensler’s Thames river park sent back to drawing board</a> ‘Earlier this week project backer, the Southeast Asian-based Venus Group, warned it could take scheme to Singapore if London refused to grant it permission.’ -
Take us to the river
<a href='http://bit.ly/IE1Z6h' target="_blank">London Evening Standard - Take us to the river</a> ‘The news last week that Singapore-based funder Venus Group was withdrawing its planning application for a new floating walkway on the river was met with relief from some, disappointment from others.’
