Michael Spink

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Michael Spink
Born
Michael Alastair Spink

April 1966 (age 57)
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]

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Biography

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

Spink married Maria Gripenberg in 2003. [9]

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