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Domvs London announces joint venture and US expansion
            Luxury developer teams up with New York-based investment boutique Junius Real Estate Partners         
    Winkworth notches up another new office
            So it's not quite as appealing as the Guadalmina branch, but Winkworth is continuing its expansion apace, notching up a new office in Reading.
        
    Knight Frank promotes 103 to Partner and Associate
            Knight Frank has made a bundle of promotions, bumping 34 employees up to Partner level and another 69 to the Associate rank.
On the residential side of the business, 25 have been made Partners:
        
    New ‘bible of the HNW industry’ lists 32 top property advisors
            Savills' Jonathan Hewlett walked away with the "Property Advisor of the Year" gong at last night's Spear's Wealth Management Awards, while Zoopla's Alex Chesterman and Simon Kain were named "Entrepreneurs…        
    Banda goes big on off-plan after ‘shift in mindset’ amongst UK buyers
            Kensington-based Banda Property has strengthened its buying team after reporting a surge in demand for off-plan resi.
 Helical Bar's hotly-tipped Barts Square scheme by Smithfield Market
        
    New Joint Head of MENA Resi for JLL
            JLL Residential has strengthened its Middle East & North Africa capability with a senior appointment.
        
    Titlestone hires trio to boost southern reach
            Oaktree Capital-backed resi development lender Titlestone Property Finance has made three hires to its lending team in an effort to expand its operations in the south of England.
        
    Savills bolsters building & project consultancy team
            Savills has signed up former Cluttons man Jim Wickens to join its building & project consultancy team.
 Jim Wickens
        
    BP Collins adds four more lawyers to its property team
            Buckinghamshire law firm BP Collins LLP has boosted its burgeoning property team with the appointment of four new associates.
        
    MIPIM Notes #4/Final Thoughts: Nicky Richmond on FOMO
            Nicky Richmond assesses the inaugural MIPIM UK from a property lawyer's point of view and asks 'what is it good for?'
Tempted as I am to finish the line of that song, it would not be entirely accurate.
        
    Knight Frank creates Chief Economist role on Global Research Team
            Knight Frank has made a strong play on the research front, by creating the new role of Chief Economist to 'place the company at the forefront of debate on the future of global property'.
 James Roberts
        
    MIPIM Notes #2: Nicky Richmond on the ‘you never know’ factor
            The panel discussions have been packed to the rafters, but maybe because Hammersmith Road isn't the Croisette, reports Nicky Richmond from behind the barricades...
        
     
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
         
            
            
        