UAE private island proposition lists at £360m
Buyers offered 660 acres of ‘partially-developed’ land backdropped by the Arabian Peninsula, with an array of waterfront homes, hotels and resorts…
Paris apartment sells for record €39m
‘European businessperson’ drops huge sum in the 7th arrondissement after exiting London.
Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The ‘pencil towers’ of New York’s super-rich
The Guardian’s architecture critic Oliver Wainwright rails against esoteric planning rules that have allowed ‘a new breed of needle-like tower’ to punch through the New York skyline.
MIPIM Awards 2019: Resi finalists in pictures
New residential developments in London, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Copenhagen have been shortlisted by the MIPIM Awards judging jury.
Iconic Monaco mansion asks €125m
The Villa l’Echauguettence was formerly owned by casino tycoon and “magician of Monte Carlo”, Francois Blanc
NYC’s iconic Halston House sells for $18m
Deal agreed on Bauhaus-inspired former residence of the legendary fashion designer Halston
Griffin shatters US price records after splashing out in London
Billionaire hedge fund tycoon pays $238m for a penthouse at Manhattan’s 220 Central Park South, just days after confirming the acquisition of one of the finest houses in London
LA’s glitziest giga-mansion – now $100m off
‘At $150 million, it gets opened up to a much wider audience’, says ‘Spec King’ Bruce Markowsky of his 38,000 square foot project in Bel Air…
18 ‘super-tall’ skyscrapers completed in 2018; more than in any previous year
Residential towers accounted for nearly a third of the world’s newly-completed skyscrapers in 2018
Hong Kong mansion fetches nearly £73m
Another mega-deal confirmed at Wheelock’s ultra-exclusive Mount Nicholson scheme, as an 8,000 square foot house achieves well over £9,000 psf
‘One of the most secure homes in the world’ goes up for sale at €12.5m
“One-of-a-kind” Mougins mansion has underground tunnels, reinforced steel doors, a panic room and bullet-resistant windows.
Hong Kong trumps New York & London for ultra-prime property sales
Hong Kong has seen more ultra-prime £20m+ residential property sales in the last year than any other city. London has fallen to third place, behind New York