Developments

Construction behemoth Carilllion has been appointed as the preferred bidder for Battersea Power Station's Circus West first phase.

SP Setia and Sime Darby's Battersea Power Station development has breached the $1bn sales mark, with £677m-worth of sales contracts signed since the launch in January.

Property development group Alchemi is having a pretty strong run of it, bagging three major prime resi planning approvals within the last month.

Tails appear to be up in the housebuilding sector, with improved sentiment translating into increased activity levels and land values, according to Savills' latest findings.  It's all relative, though;

Bath-based property developer Charlcombe Homes has become newest of the "HOPE Builders" with international charity Habitat for Humanity and the Home Builders Federation.

It's been a big morning for Land Securities, announcing a 3.4% rise in pre-tax profits to £533m and the official start to its mammoth £768m Victoria Circle project.

It's looking good for Canary Wharf and Qatari Diar on the Southbank, as their 2.

The aggregate value of penthouse apartments currently being sold in the capital has punched through the £1bn ceiling, according to the latest research from CBRE.

Construction managers Turner & Townsend have been given the nod to oversee delivery of Battersea Power Station's Circus One first phase.

The Planning Minister has challenged local councils to step-up to help boost housebuilding by finding land for local self-builders to build their "Grand Design.

Alchemi's plans to convert 55 Victoria Street from offices into 54 apartments (with a bit of retail on the ground floor) have been approved by Westminster Council, despite the designs being recommended…

It sounds as though an epic redevelopment of 56 Curzon Street in Mayfair, former home to Leeds-born chef Marco Pierre White's Mirabelle restaurant, may have fallen foul of Westminster planners.