No Mexicans have emerged in the deal yet, but I'm still confident they're hiding somewhere. The Alberta Investment Management Corporation - essentially a pension fund acting for "The Crown" - are now revealed as a major partner. It's a pity "The Crown" here isn't as enlightened.
Stanhope's architects will be Allford Hall Monaghan Morris of Old Street, Bristol and Oklahoma, who tell website visitors they are "thrilled". They are one of many firms who've had a go at making the Barbican more navigable; their turn came in 2006. Television Centre will be harder. And whilst there are architectural highlights around the 14-acre site, much of the rest has the quality of a third-rate Yugoslav military hospital of the 1960s.
Plenty of people are out already taking credit for this deal - naturally trumpeted as another BBC triumph. Here are the lead negotiators - Dominic Coles for the BBC, who did it on his day off from signing up for the next four Olympics, and David Camp, CEO of Stanhope. "Early last Saturday morning" suggests there was some tension along the way.
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