Heritage
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.
Case Study: Integrating high-end technology into a listed building
How do you kit out a Grade II listed property in Mayfair with oodles of cutting edge technology, without compromising the building or falling foul of ultra-sensitive planning restrictions?
Planning nod for Ergon House demolition
St Edward Homes, Berkeley Group’s JV with Prudential's M&G Real Estate, has bagged planning consent to build 161 new apartments in two blocks on Horseferry Road and Millbank in the heart of SW1's Smith…
Alchemi wins another Leinster Square development
Alchemi has bagged the Development Manager gig for the conversion of The Umi Hotel on Leinster Square in Bayswater into 15-20 luxury resi units.
Oliver Burns hires new lead architect
Super-prime developer Oliver Burns has named a new addition to its Hertfordshire-based team, in the form of a new lead architect.
“Significant” changes to listed building consent afoot
There's some pretty major planning changes on the way in 2014 for anyone with an interest in developing or buying listed buildings.
House Tales: Prior Park, Bath
Originally intended as both a palatial country house and an advertisement for the quality of the local stone, Prior Park remains one of the country's finest examples of Georgian architecture.
Northacre appointed on super-prime scheme by Buckingham Palace
Northacre has been confirmed as the development manager on the much-anticipated 1 Palace Street scheme, right next to Buckingham Palace.
Under the terms of an agreement with Palace Revive Ltd.
Listed Property Show 2014: The Talks
The Listed Property Owners' Club has unveiled its schedule of talks at The Listed Property Show, which happens on the 15th and 16th February at Olympia London.
Saturday 15th February
10:30 - LED Lighting
Green light for BBC Television Centre redevelopment
The powers that be at the London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham have approved Stanhope's combined full and outline planning application to transform BBC Television Centre in White City.
Northacre buys up Minerva’s stake in The Lancasters
As we reported at the beginning of the month, developer Northacre has been in talks to acquire JV partner Minerva's stake in acclaimed W2 scheme The Lancasters.
The Lancasters
Native Land’s Lambeth Fire Station deal fizzles out
The London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority has reportedly voted to terminate its agreement with prime developer Native Land.