Developments
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
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
Chiltern Street “eyesore” redevelopment gets the go-ahead
Ronson Capital Partners and Mount Properties Trustees plans to demolish and redevelop 66 Chiltern Street, W1 have been approved, despite having been recommended for refusal by planning officers
Centre Point given the go-ahead
**UPDATE: Camden Council have given the new designs the go ahead. The £350m plans were approved at yesterday's (4th July) planning meeting.
Full House: Finchatton sells out in Knightsbridge
Finchatton has just announced the sale of the final apartment at The Lansbury, its boutique multi-unit "stealth wealth" development opposite Harrods.
Firing Up: Battersea Power Station breaks ground as sales hit £685m
We've all become used to BoJo breaking new ground on a regular basis, but this morning he was joined by David Cameron and the Prime Minister of Malaysia to literally do so at the colossal Battersea Power…
Riverlight leads the “dramatic transformation” of Nine Elms
The first new development to regenerate the much vaunted Nine Elms area around Battersea Power Station - St James's 802-unit Riverlight scheme - was topped out this morning by none other than Boris Johnson
In Search of Tyburnia: The prime property hotspot you’ve never heard of
So it turns out that not many people had heard of "Tyburnia" until a few days ago
West Enders: The resi transformation of London’s West End
The West End, traditionally home to Topshop, traders and tourists rather than real people, is swiftly turning into a residential neighbourhood according to the latest from Mayfair specialist Wetherell