Article: City: Ronson reigns over Heron City Gerald Ronson is building an empire of giant leisure centres throughout Europe. From Madrid, Neil Bennett reports on the first to open

Gerald Ronson, visionary property magnate, relentless autocrat, multi multi-millionaire and ex-convict, is surveying his new empire. He is standing in the middle of Heron City, a lavish entertainment and leisure park, which sits in 20 acres on the outskirts of Madrid. And he isn't happy.

Nearby several of his staff and even his daughter Nicole are scurrying around to make sure that Heron City's light show and musical fountain displays are a success. The $5m installation has been the bane of everyone's life since it arrived. The lights sometimes fail and the water from the fountain is leaking across the main square.

Ronson is a perfectionist and expects nothing less from his staff. The ...

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