Heritage
£45m Balfour Place apartment block hits the market
Mayfair's Next Mega-Mansion?
Is there such a thing as a Blue Plaque premium?
Blue Plaques are back in business - hurrah! But is it worth paying extra for a property with one of them stuck on the front of it? In a word, no, says top buying agent Jonathan Mount...
Development Case Study: The Westminster office-to-resi scheme
Change of use may be all the rage in London, but how do you actually go about creating desirable, profitable units from an unloved office building?
Blue Plaques back in business thanks to just one donor
English Heritage has re-opened nominations for Blue Plaques in London, more than 18 months after swingeing funding cuts put the kibosh on new badges for buildings, after a single donor provided new funds.
Romancing the Stone: The houses built by love
Many a man has been driven to great lengths by love, and architecture is often a rewarding (though insatiable) mistress for such a passion, says Matthew Beckett...
Baroness Thatcher’s last home to go on sale for £35m?
The Belgravia home of former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher could be about to hit the market for up to £35m, according to reports.
Chester Square, Belgravia
Battersea Power Station launches placemaking manual
The Battersea Power Station Development Company has launched The Placebook: Battersea Power Station as part of the 2014 London Festival of Architecture.
TfL HQ scheme called into question
A report has threatened to derail plans to sell off Transport for London's Grade I-listed HQ as luxury apartments.
To the Manor Bought: The Cotswold village on sale for £18m
Deep in rural Oxfordshire, the tiny village of Little Rollright is unusual in many ways.
HBRE’s new luxury developer enters the market with £24.25m Mayfair acquisition
EXCLUSIVE: Sons & Co, the newly-launched luxury development outfit funded by James Caan and Faisal Butt's Hamilton Bradshaw Real Estate (HBRE) and founded by the Stocker brothers, has made its first acquisition:…
Millgate buys Berkshire estate for resi conversion and new ‘discreet country mansions’
Developer Millgate (which merged with Essex-born construction form Countryside earlier this year) has bought the rather magnificent Woolley Hall and Wolley Grange in Berkshire, with plans to convert the…
INTERVIEW: City & Country’s Helen Moore on respectful heritage development
Fresh from overseeing the ambitious conversion of Bentley Priory in North London, Helen Moore, MD of developer City & Country, on respecting heritage, spotting opportunities and creating value...