Michael Spink
British property developer
Michael Alastair Spink (born April 1966) is a British property developer, a founder of SPINK, a British architectural design practice, and master builder.
Biography
In 2011, Spink sold historic Grade II Listed country house Park Place, near Henley-on-Thames, to Andrey Borodin for £140m. At the time, Park Place was Britain's most expensive home. In 2014, his company bought the disused Brompton Road underground station for redevelopment. Fayland House, built for Spink in 2013, was named best house in the Architectural Review House Awards 2015.
Personal life
Spink married Maria Gripenberg in 2003.
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