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DDRE Global adds more advisors; reports £145mn Q1 deal run
Five-year-old brokerage, now 50-strong, tucked away some big off-market transactions during the first quarter.
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New residential buildings will complete Electric Boulevard, and create 306 new homes including specialist 'senior living' apartments.
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Luxury property agency continues to target 'emerging & frontier markets' as it ramps up its international network.
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Long-running Renzo Piano-designed project, Shard Place, delivers 176 high-end rental apartments next to Western Europe’s tallest building & News UK’s HQ.
‘Exceptionally rare’ St. George’s Hill building plot seeks £1.5mn
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