• Feature
  • London

    • ‘Over the next five years our target is to sell £1 billion of property’: Meet the boutique agency founder behind some of this year’s standout deals

  • 3rd Dec 2021 06:10
  • by PrimeResi Editor
    • Merchants Row founder Waleed Mohammed has put together a string of notable prime resi deals in 2021, including the acquisition of seven West End penthouses, a rare project on Grosvenor Square, and a bulk-buy at Battersea Power Station. Here, he discusses his recent successes, PCL’s new generation of elite buyers, and his ambitions to sell a billion pounds worth of property over the next five years…
  • Feature
  • London

    • Interview: Sarah Waller of The Knightsbridge Estate on the rise of luxury build-to-rent

  • 23rd Jul 2021 07:13
  • by PrimeResi Editor
    • Earlier this week, PrimeResi took an exclusive look at The Olayan Group’s plans to deliver a major new super-prime BTR scheme in the middle of Knightsbridge. Here, Sarah Waller, senior asset manager for The Knightsbridge Estate, discusses the decision to aim Knightsbridge Gardens specifically at HNW tenants, and how this could set off a big trend in PCL…
  • Feature
  • London

    • Interview: Graham Harris of SHH on inspirations, innovations & interpreting aspirations

  • 16th Jul 2021 06:01
  • by PrimeResi Editor
    • The co-founder & MD of influential London-based design practice SHH talks us through the firm’s formative years and remarkable journey – from being known as ‘the mews kids of Knightsbridge’ to working on some of the world’s most high profile projects – and explains how HNW tastes have changes over the last three decades…
  • Feature
  • London

    • Interview: Samuel & Martin Bikhit on Berkshire Hathaway’s latest agency acquisition & Prime London ambitions

  • 28th Apr 2021 07:03
  • by PrimeResi Editor
    • As revealed by PrimeResi today, Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network has significantly boosted its presence in Prime Central London, acquiring longstanding Knightsbridge agency Marler & Marler. In this exclusive interview, Samuel & Martin Bikhit of BHHS London Kay & Co, whose family-run agency joined the US-based franchise network in 2018, extol the virtues of a global referral network, discuss the next stage of the acquisition drive, and explain why the ‘escape to the country’ trend is just a fad…
  • Feature

    • Interview: Boomin founder Michael Bruce on his big plan to ‘reset the balance of power in the property industry’

  • 1st Apr 2021 06:37
  • by PrimeResi Journal
    • The founder of Britain’s most successful hybrid estate agency, Purplebricks, is about to launch his next big venture: taking on Rightmove and Zoopla with a new portal that’s being billed as “the next generation property site”. Boomin has the potential to “reset the balance of power in the industry”, says Michael Bruce in this PrimeResi Q&A…