Nick Candy’s luxury property empire: from One Hyde Park penthouse to his LA mansion

Christian Candy bought the three properties for £68 million on two long leases from the hospital in 2012. The following year, he gained permission to convert the buildings into a single-family residence, and submitted further plans to build a private spa and “leisure centre” under the property, making it one of London’s largest-ever mega-basements. This would include a 20-metre swimming pool, cold plunge, jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, dance studio, three treatment rooms, a cinema and an 18-metre, two-lane bowling alley.