Developments
New £150m prime resi scheme for St James’s?
Rumours of another big PCL acquisition are doing the rounds, this time in St James's, where its been reported private equity firm Henley Investments has snapped up a period office block with designs…
Battersea Power Station gears up for launch of next phase
Strap on your helmets; a date's been set for the next Battersea Power Station stampede.
Design firm 19 Greek Street bags Saint Martins Lofts commission
One of our fave schemes of 2014 so far, the resi re-imagining of the iconic Saint Martins School of Art in London's Charing Cross, has hired Soho-based design hub 19 Greek Street to style the show apartment…
Martin Grant spanks £30m on six new sites
Martin Grant Homes looks to be making a play for prime commuter-ville, snapping up six new sites over the last couple of months in Balham, Epsom, Guildford, Woking and Reigate, with a combined value of…
Berkeley bags 42-acre Skindles Hotel site with “enormous potential”
Berkeley Homes and CBRE have come up smiling after tying-up the acquisition of a landmark development site on the banks of the Thames in Taplow, Buckinghamshire in just six days.
Three-to-one opportunity in Battersea
This doesn't come along very often: three £1m houses in a row for sale on a tree-lined street in Zone Two, throwing up an opportunity to create one of Battersea's most spectacular single residence.
Strong start for Millgate in Ascot
We hear sales have been brisk at Millgate's new development in Ascot, Berkshire, with 50% of the units being snapped up within seven days of launch.
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Resi development land market “stepped up” in 2013 with values rising 7.1%
Activity in the residential development land market has "stepped up" says Knight Frank, as developers are shifting their assets more quickly, which is causing land values to rise.
Galliard scores West Ham village development
The Hammer's Boleyn Ground Football Stadium will be turned into a new London village by the Galliard Group once the soccer team moves to the old Olympic Stadium in 2016.
Earls Court on the move as Capco and TfL form JV
Transport for London and developer Capco are all set to agree terms to form a joint venture to bring forward the first phases of Sir Terry Farrell's (award-winning) Earls Court Masterplan.
Brace of record penthouse sales for Aston Chase
North London agency Aston Chase has been having a cracking start to the year, tucking away two record-breaking penthouse apartments in St John's Wood within a couple of days of each other.
London Square buys Parsons Green office-to-resi site
Developer London Square has bought pretty niftily-located site at 100 New Kings Road in Parsons Green with plans to turn the office block into 25 residential units.
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