EUROPE: Canary Wharf Accepts Overture

Global Finance, Jan 2004

Canary Wharf, which built the tallest office tower in London on former dock-lands on the Thames River, accepted an improved bid from an investor group led by New York-based Mor- gan Stanley.

The independent direc- tors of Canary Wharf sup- ported the Morgan Stanley offer instead of a compet- ing bid from Canadian property developer Bras- can, ending a six-month battle for control of the company.

Morgan Stanley and its partners, including Simon Glick, a private New York investor who made his fortune in the diamond indus- try, sweetened their bid in hopes that London's finan- cial industry will rebound from a slump in the invest- ment banking business.

Morgan Stanley is a Canary Wharf tenant, as well as its former financial adviser. The investment bank manages $27 billion of property through its real estate funds.

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