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One Hyde Park – The Most Expensive Apartments In London

<div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;inline et&lowbar;social&lowbar;mobile&lowbar;on et&lowbar;social&lowbar;inline&lowbar;top">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networks et&lowbar;social&lowbar;4col et&lowbar;social&lowbar;slide et&lowbar;social&lowbar;rounded et&lowbar;social&lowbar;left et&lowbar;social&lowbar;no&lowbar;animation et&lowbar;social&lowbar;withnetworknames et&lowbar;social&lowbar;outer&lowbar;dark">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<ul class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icons&lowbar;container"><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;facebook">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;facebook&period;com&sol;sharer&period;php&quest;u&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fhouseandhistory&period;com&percnt;2Fone-hyde-park&percnt;2F&&num;038&semi;t&equals;One&percnt;20Hyde&percnt;20Park&percnt;20&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;93&percnt;20The&percnt;20Most&percnt;20Expensive&percnt;20Apartments&percnt;20In&percnt;20London" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"facebook" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"1434" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;facebook"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Facebook<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;twitter">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;share&quest;text&equals;One&percnt;20Hyde&percnt;20Park&percnt;20&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;93&percnt;20The&percnt;20Most&percnt;20Expensive&percnt;20Apartments&percnt;20In&percnt;20London&&num;038&semi;url&equals;https&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fhouseandhistory&period;com&percnt;2Fone-hyde-park&percnt;2F" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"twitter" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"1434" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;twitter"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Twitter<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;pinterest">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"&num;" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share&lowbar;pinterest" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"pinterest" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"1434" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"share" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;pinterest"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Pinterest<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><li class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;like">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<a href&equals;"" class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;share" rel&equals;"nofollow" data-social&lowbar;name&equals;"like" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"1434" data-social&lowbar;type&equals;"like" data-location&equals;"inline">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<i class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon et&lowbar;social&lowbar;icon&lowbar;like"><&sol;i><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;network&lowbar;label"><div class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;networkname">Like<&sol;div><&sol;div><span class&equals;"et&lowbar;social&lowbar;overlay"><&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;a>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;li><&sol;ul>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>One Hyde Park is London&&num;8217&semi;s most exclusive apartment complex&period; Located in Knightsbridge&comma; the apartment complex offers incredible views&period; To the front is Knightsbridge&comma; a bustling area of London&&num;8217&semi;s rich&comma; while at the rear is the far calmer Hyde Park&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1436" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;One-Hyde-Park-1024x601&period;jpg" alt&equals;"One Hyde Park" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"469" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">THE HISTORY OF ONE HYDE PARK<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Construction on One Hyde Park started in 2007 and was completed by 2009&period; A joint venture between the Christian Candy owned CPC Group and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani&comma; the former Prime Minister of Qatar&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Fitting out the interior of the building started in April 2009&period; By August 2010 it was rumored that one of the apartments had already sold for £140 million&period; Making it the most expensive residential property in Britain at that time&period; A new entrance to Knightsbridge tube station was also completed soon after&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It was then announced that McLaren&comma; Rolex&comma; and the Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank had taken up retail space in the building&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1437" style&equals;"width&colon; 810px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1437" class&equals;"wp-image-1437" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;McLaren-Showroom-1024x554&period;jpg" alt&equals;"McLaren Showroom" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"433" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-1437" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">McLaren Showroom at One Hyde Park&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Also in the building is a communal swimming pool&comma; cinema&comma; library&comma; entertainment suite&comma; golf simulator&comma; and a spa run by the Mandarin Oriental&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 3&period;0&period;2 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>With so many rich and powerful people residing in the building&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s probably not surprising to find out the building has insane security&period; This includes bulletproof glass&comma; panic rooms&comma; and British SAS trained security&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While there is no complete list of residents&comma; what we do know is that the Candy brothers and the Sheik own a number of apartments in the building&period; Nick Candy&comma; the husband of actress Holly Valance&comma; owns the duplex penthouse apartment&period; Christian Candy has two apartments&period; While the Sheik owns the triplex&comma; which Vanity Fair calls &&num;8220&semi;the best apartment of all&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1438" style&equals;"width&colon; 810px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1438" class&equals;"wp-image-1438" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Holly-Valance-with-Husband-Nick-1024x960&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Holly Valance with Husband Nick&comma; owners of One Hyde Park&period;" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"750" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-1438" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Actress Holly Valance with husband Nick&comma; and his brother Christian with wife Emily&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Another two apartments are owned by Professor Wong Wen Young&comma; the Taiwanese business tycoon&period; Nigerian billionaire businesswoman Folounsho Alakija is thought to have purchased several apartments&period; While international pop star Kylie Minogue also owns a three-bedroom apartment in the building&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">ONE HYDE PARK TODAY<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>One Hyde Park continues to be the most exclusive apartment building in London&period; In 2018 it was assumed Nick Candy had sold his duplex apartment&period; However&comma; it turns out he was simply remortgaging it and placing it under his company&&num;8217&semi;s name as he looks to let it out&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1439" style&equals;"width&colon; 810px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1439" class&equals;"wp-image-1439" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Nick-Candy-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Nick Candy" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"450" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-1439" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Nick Candy in his penthouse apartment&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Land Registry figures show the property changing hands at £160 million &lpar;&dollar;210 million&rpar;&comma; the most expensive property sold in the world during 2018&period; The rental of the penthouse apartment is set at £500&comma;000 per month&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1446" style&equals;"width&colon; 810px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1446" class&equals;"wp-image-1446" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Land-Registry-1-1024x634&period;jpg" alt&equals;"One Hyde Park Land Registry" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"495" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-1446" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The land registry shows the apartment has two parking spaces&comma; a storage room and two wine storage spaces&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1440" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Capturea-1024x642&period;jpg" alt&equals;"One Hyde Park Living Area" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"501" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1441" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Sitting-Area-1-1024x671&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Sitting Area" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"524" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1442" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Penthouse-1024x691&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Penthouse" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"540" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;1443" style&equals;"width&colon; 810px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-1443" class&equals;"wp-image-1443" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Views-1024x507&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Views" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"396" &sol;><p id&equals;"caption-attachment-1443" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">The view out onto Hyde Park&period;<&sol;p><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>Nick and his wife Holly moved out of the apartment and into <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Gordon&lowbar;House&comma;&lowbar;Chelsea">Gordon House<&sol;a>&period; A historic run-down building in the heart of Chelsea with a four-acre garden&period; Development of Gordon House will see it feature Britains largest basement&comma; complete with cinema&comma; bowling alley and more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-1445" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;houseandhistory&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;12&sol;Gordon-House-1024x635&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Gordon House" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"496" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is believed that once the building is complete&comma; Gordon House could be valued at even more than the penthouse apartment at One Hyde Park&comma; With some expecting it to be valued at between £200 and £250 million&period;&NewLine;

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