Paul Reichmann: the visionary who built Canary Wharf

London owes a debt to the man who was prepared to stake everything on building one of the capital's most iconic buildings.

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Canary Wharf is Paul Reichmann's legacy

London has every reason to be grateful to Paul Reichmann, the builder of Canary Wharf, who has died aged 83, says City AM. He staked everything on the development in 1987 when few believed in it; watched his company, Olympia & York, go bust in 1992; bought back in and "was hammered again in 2008".

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