{"id":14216,"date":"2016-05-24T21:16:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ghost-tower-bought-up-by-foreign-money-is-symbol-of-housing-crisis\/"},"modified":"2016-05-24T21:50:01","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T14:50:01","slug":"ghost-tower-bought-up-by-foreign-money-is-symbol-of-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/ghost-tower-bought-up-by-foreign-money-is-symbol-of-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghost tower bought up by foreign money is symbol of housing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nExclusive: Russian billionaire and Kyrgyz tycoon among owners of often empty flats at London\u2019s St George Wharf skyscraper A Russian billionaire whose business partner is a close ally of Vladimir Putin, the former chairman of a defunct Nigerian bank and a Kyrgyz vodka tycoon appear to be among more than 130 foreign buyers in Britain\u2019s tallest residential skyscraper.Almost two-thirds of homes in the Tower, a 50-storey apartment complex in London, are now in foreign ownership, with a quarter held through secretive offshore companies based in tax havens, a Guardian investigation has revealed.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2016\/may\/24\/revealed-foreign-buyers-own-two-thirds-of-tower-st-george-wharf-london\" target=\"_blank\">Ghost tower bought up by foreign money is symbol of housing crisis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Exclusive: Russian billionaire and Kyrgyz tycoon among owners of often empty flats at London\u2019s St&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-3Hi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":91404,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-tycoon-victor-li-uses-cash-from-sale-of-the-center-to-buy-london-office-tower-for-1-billion\/","url_meta":{"origin":14216,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong tycoon Victor Li uses cash from sale of The Center to buy London office tower for \u00a31 billion","date":"June 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Victor Li Tzar-kuoi has bought a grade-A office tower in London for \u00a31 billion (US$1.3 billion) as he embarks on an acquisition spree for overseas assets after taking control of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Group from his billionaire father Li Ka-shing. 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