Developments
Weston Homes plans to double size in five years; looks to move into PCL
Housebuilder Weston Homes has secured £100m of bank funding which it plans to put towards a £1bn pipeline of residential projects - around 3,300 units - over the next five years, including looking at…
Fenton Whelan buys Royal Bayswater Hotel for resi conversion
Fenton Whelan’s Aurium Fund, which invests in ultra-prime London property, has acquired the Royal Bayswater Hotel on the Bayswater Road with plans in place for a residential-led development.
Planners give nod to Lodha’s second major London play
Lodha's £90m plans for the resi conversion of the old London School of Business and Finance’s Holborn campus have been approved by Westminster Council.
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Battersea Power Station mania continues
With the last of Elton John's chords still ringing out, it's been revealed that 95% of the latest phase of units released at Battersea Power Station have already been snapped up in an "unprecedented"…
Millgate buys Berkshire estate for resi conversion and new ‘discreet country mansions’
Developer Millgate (which merged with Essex-born construction form Countryside earlier this year) has bought the rather magnificent Woolley Hall and Wolley Grange in Berkshire, with plans to convert the…
New Kensington scheme for Northacre
Northacre has followed up contract wins on Thurloe Square and Palace Street by bagging a new project on leafy Vicarage Gate in W8.
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Earl-y success for Capco as over 200 Lillie Square flats go in a jiffy
Capco has revealed it has already shifted 204 of the 237 flats in Phase One of its new Lillie Square scheme, with some buyers coughing up well over £1,800 psf for the 'standard' units.
Perfume Factory goes up for resi conversion
The former Elizabeth Arden Perfume Factory in West London is being sold off as a 'landmark' development opportunity.
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World’s most expensive flat sells – shell & core – in London
Penthouse D in Candy & Candy's One Hyde Park development has just been snapped up for a rumoured £140m
Case Study: Using video to market a trophy instruction
Can a set of snaps and some pithy paragraphs ever really do justice to a super-prime scheme?
Royalton buys former BBC home for resi conversion
Luxury developer Royalton Group has bought the old BBC building on Marylebone High Street, W1, for £75m with plans to convert it into high-end apartments.
Rare batch of new-build homes launched in Marylebone
The first new-build houses to be built as a group in Marylebone for over thirty years have just been released, with prices starting at over £4m apiece.