Inner City: James Whitmore

By James Whitmore and James Whitmore30 April 2004

Last week, the US-owned company, headed in Europe by Frenchman Olivier Piani, tied up its third corporate takeover of the year at a combined cost of £1.5bn – and spring is only just in the air. Sophia, France's fourth largest property company, was bought in January for £1bn; Benchmark, the ...

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