007 had it quite good. One of Britain’s most important historic structures, the palatial Old War Office in London where James Bond was dreamed up by Ian Fleming and various Bond movies were filmed, can now be yours. For the first time in over a century, the 1906 UK landmark is undergoing a massive five-year transformation. It will be turned into a Raffles hotel along with 85 grandiose residences that start at $8.1 million, according to a press release. The celebrated building was the setting where Fleming worked and thought up the slick private eye after his time with Britain’s Naval Intelligence Department. But the ... (full story)