14 Retail and Shopping Parks
Owned Since: 1760 (Holding Company)
Valued At: Undisclosed
14 retail and shopping parks are also owned by the Crown Estate, plus three shopping centers. Banbury, Newcastle, Cheltenham, North Tyneside, Ellesmere Port, Nottingham, Exeter, Oxford, Harlow, Portsmouth, Leeds, Rushden, Leicester, Worcester, and Liverpool are the owners of commercial parks. The Crown Estate maintains a detailed record of information, including park plans and revenues, on each shopping park. Crown made a surprising 2017 sale. He sold his $60 million Altrincham Retail Park property. The buyer was Orchard Street Investment Management. As the Crown Estate was unable to borrow cash, the sale helped raise reinvestment money.
1970 Daimler Vanden Plas
Owned Since: 1970
Valued At: $80,000*
The 1970 Daimler Vanden Plas was the early version of the DS420 used most frequently by the Royal Family. Plas was named “Vanden Plas” The Plas was made for formal use on its license plates, just like later variations. Jordan’s King Hussein ordered a model for Queen Elizabeth. Vanden Plas Works was named after its location, a factory in Kingsbury, London. The original Queen versions were made of sheet metal shells, Park Sheet Metal, Pressed Steel Fisher, and Coventry’s Motor Panels.