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Michael Spink

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Michael Spink
Born
Michael Alastair Spink

April 1966 (age 58)
OccupationProperty developer
Known forsold Park Place near Henley-on-Thames to Andrey Borodin for £140m in 2011, then Britain's most expensive home
TitleCEO and Founder, Spink
Spouse
Maria Gripenberg
(m. 2003)

Michael Alastair Spink (born April 1966)[1] is a British property developer,[2] a founder of SPINK, a British architectural design practice, and master builder.[3]

Biography

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In 2011, Spink sold historic Grade II Listed country house Park Place, near Henley-on-Thames, to Andrey Borodin for £140m.[4][5] At the time, Park Place was Britain's most expensive home. In 2014, his company bought the disused Brompton Road underground station for redevelopment.[6] Fayland House, built for Spink in 2013,[7] was named best house in the Architectural Review House Awards 2015.[8][9]

Personal life

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Spink married Maria Gripenberg in 2003.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  2. ^ "London developer lavishes space on top-end homes". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  3. ^ "ABOUT". spinkpartners.com. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  4. ^ Shah, Oliver. "Meet Mike Spink — Nick Candy but without the bling". Thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Property tycoon plans to convert home on The Mall into £140m luxury mansion". Londonlovesbusiness.com. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  6. ^ "London 'ghost' Tube station bought for housing". Financial Times. 28 February 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Fayland House - Architecture - Domus". Domusweb.it. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Is this really the world's best house? Neighbours hated Oxfordshire home so much they asked for it to be hidden". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  9. ^ a b "Fayland House in Buckinghamshire by David Chipperfield Architects". Architectural-review.com. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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