Developments
Land Sec gets Oxford St resi approval
Land Securities has had its 89-unit office-to-resi scheme at 70-88 Oxford Street W1 approved by planners.
Delek wins Palace St planning permission in Westminster
A scheme to turn the former DFID offices at 1 Palace Street SW1 into 78 luxury flats has been approved by Westminster council.
Westminster mulls office-to-resi conversion tax
There's talk of a tax on office-to-resi conversions in Westminster, as the Council tries to maintain its 10-year principle of a "fine grain" level of mixed use buildings.
Where is Kensington’s One Hyde Park?
The lack of decent schemes in W8 has not gone unnoticed by the capital's army of canny developers. Camilla Dell investigates the new crop of prime projects vying to tempt the Knightsbridge crowd...
Inside the In & Out (video)
Cambridge House, the old In & Out Club, at 64 Piccadilly is being marketed by Wetherell as London's first £250m home (read all about it here).
Cordea Savills closes resi development fund with £200m
Cordea Savills has closed its Prime London Residential Development Fund having bagged over £200m.
CBRE urges for planning clarity please, Mr Boles
CBRE's Head of Planning Stuart Robinson has penned a lengthy letter to Planning Minister Nick Boles, urging the MP to provide some clarity on the permitted development rights (PDRs) in relation to offices…
Merger & Acquisitions: Northacre teams up to expand PCL pipeline
Battersea-based developer Northacre Plc is about to embark on a summer spending spree, after announcing a tie-up with a major Abu Dhabi-based investment firm.
The Lancasters
Johns&Co bags whopping Ballymore contract
New property management firm Johns&Co has got off to a flyer, being formally appointed as sole agent by The Ballymore Group and kicking things off with the developer's new scheme at 21 Wapping Lane.
Consultant reshuffle on £120m Trinity Square project
It sounds like there's been some fairly major changes behind the scenes of one of the City's top resi developments, with four firms reportedly departing the much-anticipated 10 Trinity Square scheme after…
Grosvenor shakes on major Belgravia scheme
Grosvenor has just announced a 50:50 joint venture partnership to redevelop a key site opposite the gardens of Buckingham Palace.
Olympic architect designs first project in New York
The much-lauded firm of architects behind the London Aquatics Centre has just bagged a prominent resi commission in New York City.