Developments

Carter Jonas has hired former Lambert Smith Hampton man Tim Shaw as Partner to lead the firm's London Development team.

PCL specialist developer Dukelease and Brimelow McSweeney architects have bagged planning permission for a big office-to-resi scheme in Fitzrovia.

Mumbai-based Lodha Developers has bought the Canadian High Commission building, MacDonald House, on Grosvenor Square for £306m.

The abandoned Brompton Road tube station in Knightsbridge has apparently been sold for around £50m to a developer with plans to convert the site into luxury apartments.

Europe’s biggest infrastructure project - London's Crossrail - will have a "two-fold" effect on property, opening up new districts and causing house prices along its route to rise by 13% (£60,000) by…

SP Setia is apparently planning to flog the penthouses at Battersea Power Station for up to £30m.

20,158 prime resi units (over £1,250 psf) could be delivered in London over the next ten years, with project activity peaking in 2017 and a combined sales value of over £50bn, according to the latest…

In one of the biggest property finance deals of the year, Battersea Power Station's development manager has closed on £790.2m in syndicated development and land financing facilities.

Another big hitter has joined in the ruckus for the £250m Canadian High Commission building in Mayfair.

Rafael Viñoly's £500m-ish mixed-use plans for Almacantar's new-look Marble Arch Tower have apparently been finalised, with the proposed development involving the demolition of the existing 1960s tower…

Battersea Power Station's plans have been on public display for a couple of weeks now; if you haven't managed to be nosy on site in person, here are some of the more visual highlights...

Christian Candy’s CPC Group has secured the freehold to "the last big residential development site in the City of London", Sugar Quay.