Big hitters battle for prized deal to turn former US embassy into luxury hotel

By Dave Rogers2018-06-26T06:00:00

Eight on shortlist for David Chipperfield-designed scheme which carries £200m-plus pricetag

A host of big names including Laing O’Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine and Multiplex are all chasing Qatari Diar’s high-profile contract to turn the former US embassy in Mayfair into a luxury hotel.

The scheme hit the headlines earlier this year after US president Donald Trump complained that the US government under his predecessor Barack Obama had sold the site to the Qataris for “peanuts”.

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