Business & People
AccorHotels acquires luxury serviced home firm onefinestay for £117m
International hotel operator AccorHotels has bought onefinestay - a high-end and fully-serviced London-based version of Airbnb - for £117m, with big plans to roll out the rental business in more locations…
New St James’s HQ for the Crown Estate
The Crown Estate is moving its London operations to a new base in St James's.
Savills voted top grad employer
Savills has been named Graduate Employer of Choice for Property by The Times for the tenth year on the bounce.
Strutt & Parker to open up in South Ken as expansion continues
Strutt & Parker has decided to open up a branch in swanky South Kensington.
Sourcing Property launches block management service
Jo Eccles' Chelsea-based search agency Sourcing Property has debuted a new block management service, recruiting KFH's Stephen Britton to head things up.
INTERVIEW: Alex de Blonay of Pure DNA on building luxury property brands
Former Head of Branding at Candy & Candy talks to PrimeResi about what makes a great premium brand
Northacre to sponsor the Serpentine’s Summer House exhibition
After branding up the V&A's "What is Luxury?
Macdonald & Company boosts resi team
Property recruitment firm Macdonald & Company has ramped up its resi capability with hires from Deverell Smith and Dove & Hawk.
Keeleigh Goodridge
Collegiate AC launches ‘prestige living’ PRS platform
The team behind luxury student accommodation provider Collegiate AC is looking to pimp the private rented sector (PRS), by rolling out a new service aimed at high-flying graduates and well-to-do professionals.
DAMAC eyes up ‘significant’ masterplan projects in London with ambitions to be a top-three developer
Dubai-based luxury property giant DAMAC has ambitions to be a top-three London developer, and is reported to be in discussion to take on a "significant regeneration site" in the capital as a follow-up…
PDP architect joins luxury developer Residence One
Super-prime developer Residence One has hired Kate Codrington as Project Architect from PDP London.
Dame Zaha Hadid dies aged 65
Dame Zaha Hadid has died after suffering a sudden heart attack.