Developments
Industry Reaction: Resi payday as Boles opens plans for office conversions
"Imminent" plans to relax planning regulations to allow the conversion of office blocks into residential units under Permitted Development Rights (reported yesterday here) have got the prime property industry…
Homes Work: office-to-resi conversions to be planning-free
Converting offices into residential units will no longer need planning permission if rumours are right about about "radical changes to the English planning system." Let the goldrush begin
Triple digit Singapore sales for Battersea Power Station
More than 100 units at London development Battersea Power Station were snapped up by Singaporean property buyers and investors in just one day, in what the developer and agency said were record levels…
Native Land completes on 30 Old Burlington St
Prime developer Native Land has finally completed on the purchase of a major development site at 30 Old Burlington Street, smack bang in the middle of Mayfair
Berkeley releases next phase of London’s best address
Berkeley Homes has released a new phase of their landmark One Tower Bridge development, which is likely to take over from One Hyde Park as London's most iconic luxury address
Two more major resi schemes for Barratt Developments
Barratt Developments has just announced another two major resi projects in London
Luchford to put Kings Reach Tower back in the headlines
CIT, the "propertunistic" private equity business behind the development of King's Reach Tower on London's South Bank, has appointed high-end PR specialists Luchford APM to make sure that the landmark…
Battersea Power Station 75% reserved
It looks like hype has converted into buyer action, as 600 of the 800 first phase resi units at Battersea Power Station have already been reserved, less than a week after sales kicked off, according to…
Council “should not interfere with the market” as thumbs-up for Caudwell’s Mayfair resi scheme
Westminster council has overturned a planning officer's recommendation of refusal on John Caudwell's scheme to turn a Mayfair carpark into a 24-unit luxury resi development, arguing that the council "shouldn’t b…
Jones Lang LaSalle gets nod for Battersea Power Station international sales
The residential team at Jones Lang LaSalle has just been announced as Battersea Power Station's international sales agent.
Battersea fallout
Can Battersea Power Station create a genuine community from scratch, asks Sourcing Property's Jo Eccles..
Battersea Power Station UK sales start today
SP Setia's development of Battersea Power Station just got real