Contractor beats off competition from Lend Lease to win contract for media company’s HQ

Sir Robert McAlpine has won the £550m contract to build the headquarters for media company Bloomberg in London.

ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø understands that the firm has won the race for the job after contractor Lend Lease was dropped in the final stages.

Mace and a Skanska/Tishman joint venture had both already dropped out of the race.

The 500,000ft2 building has been designed by architect Foster + Partners.

The new headquarters will occupy the Bucklersbury House site near the Bank of England in the City of London.