Rejected petition Hold a judicial inquiry into the overseas sale of Shakespeare's Curtain Theater.

In Nov 2014 following the 2012 discovery of Shakespeare's Curtain Theater Hackney Council sold a 250-year lease on the land that included the theater to Fairchild Place Ltd. a new company with no assets. In May 2015 control of Fairchild Place Ltd. was transferred to American and Chinese investors.

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The Curtain Theater (The Stage Shoreditch LLP) is owned 75% by US-Controlled Cain Hoy Enterprises, 20% by UK property developer Galliard Homes and 4% by Investec Investments (South Africa, Ireland and Hong Kong).

Ref: www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/ltd/the-stage-shoreditch

Ref: http://www.redleafpr.com/media-centre/client-news/property-pr/cain-hoy-leads-consortium-to-develop-750m-mixed-use-scheme-at-the-stage-shoreditch/

Ref: http://china.org.cn/business/2015-10/20/content_36840771.htm

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.

It's not clear what you want the inquiry to look into. In any case, this seems to be the responsibility of Hackney Council, not the Government or Parliament.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 5 January 2016
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