"I am a proud slum-dweller," says Jockin Arputham, 67, sitting in his office on the ground floor of an eight-storey building in a redeveloped portion of the Dharavi slum.
It found that the cost of running its redeveloped New Broadcasting House headquarters is three times higher than the UK average and almost double that of comparable central London buildings.
Either regulations must be relaxed to allow existing towns to expand into the green belts that surround them; or all new housing must be built on redeveloped land within towns.
So far, new arrivals have squeezed into redeveloped flats and dilapidated Victorian terraces.
Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse, which provides investment and advice to the region's bioscience firms, is housed on a redeveloped brownfield, the former site of a strip-mill.
The Victorians did it; the architects of the redeveloped station at King's Cross in London have done it too.
Düsseldorf spreads along the right (east) bank of the river Rhine, with the airport to the north of town and the redeveloped harbour district to the south.
The difference now is that they are securely settled at a redeveloped Shay, a perfectly adequate stadium for Super League.
The deal also netted Capco the Olympia venue in nearby Kensington, which, unlike Earls Court, will be kept as an exhibition centre and redeveloped.
Located opposite the redeveloped Spitalfields Market and Hawksmoor Church, the former convenience is at the heart of east London's nightlife scene.
Despite a growing rebellion among fans over a potential move to east London, The Independent on Sunday understands the alternative of a redeveloped White Hart Lane as part of the Northumberland Park Development is gradually being considered a less viable option because of costs involved and demands being put on the club by the local authority.
