Dawber: Canary Wharf should have added residential earlier and expanded globally
Howard Dawber · Ep1: Global Scale: India London Corridor ft. Howard Dawber, OBE - Dty. Mayor London · Nov 5, 2025 · at 45:57
Howard Dawber, former managing director of Canary Wharf Group and London's Deputy Mayor for Business, reflects on past development decisions at Canary Wharf.
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“With hindsight, I think we probably could have gone into residential a little bit earlier, and we should have Gone and done Canary Wharf in other cities.”
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