Nick,
Silvastrata to paraphrase John McEnroe "you can't be serious" £60 billion for Heathrow. At say £2 million an acre you could buy 30,000 acres; one hell of a lot of land.
Please also tell me how you propose to get a change of use from an airport to that of say offices or housing or industrial, and that would only result in outline planning permission.
What about all the on costs of removing all the air bridges, runways and more expensively all the fuel tanks and pipes.
Dear me, your cup is really half empty.
Windsor Views - 3,000 acres of prime real-estate, the largest development site in Europe, immediately adjacent to Europe's largest capital city. And as a responsible landlord and custodian, we are not simply selling the land, but developing it.
Change of land usage, you ask? Never you mind sir, the government is short of cash and will be signing tomorrow. No questions asked, just you wait and see.
Airbridges? That's, errm, legacy infrastructure, sir. We advertised them for £6,000 each on Ebay, and they will be gone tomorrow. Buyer collects. Yorkshire Airways want them, apparently.
Runways? What runways? Sir, sir, sir, the site already has much of its infrastructure already installed, including all of the roadways. Jump in the car, and I will show you around the estate layout. And all the roadways have center-lane and edge lighting too, as you can see. Nice, isn't it?
Err, yes, sir, the colours are quite novel, and the lampposts are quite short, but we will be changing them to the standard design soon - there was some trouble with the suppliers you know, they were from Albania.
Fuel pipes? What fuel pipes? Oh, I see what you mean. Sir, all the business premises will be oil fired, and all of the pipework has already been installed, for your convenience. Same with the electrical systems. Just plug in, and go.
We even have a security center, for your protection. That large tower thingy over there - 24hr protection, because we know that is important for your business. Don't worry, sir, we have thought of everything....
Jeeezzz, where is Lord Sugar, when you need him??
Skippy
So how many peeps on the dole in West London then? You've just closed Heathrow, stick to flying, your commercial awareness is zero.
See above.
LHR has the lowest employment per acre of anywhere in London. A new Windsor Views business park would be the biggest boon ever to the area. Google for what happened to Covent Garden, when the market there closed down.
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