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Developer reboots residents’ amenities with virtual fitness & wine tasting events
Canary Wharf Group's new build-to-rent arm has "reimagined" its Club Vertus offering for a socially-distanced world, organising virtual wine tastings, a remote quiz, and video gym sessions.
Watch: Inside the $300m Chateau Louis XIV
According to reports, Emad Khashoggi's record-breaking Chateau Louis XIV is being prepped for its new owner to finally move in, giving us an excuse to revisit this most remarkable of projects.
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£7.5m penthouse tucked away on Ennismore Gardens
Rare £5m-plus deal goes through in locked-down PCL
Borrower secures £7.5m to refurb Belgravia mega-mansion
Property lender Century Capital overcomes market challenges to complete three chunky financing deals, involving a £30m renovation project in Belgravia, a £40m resi scheme in Kings Cross, and a £2m Chelsea…
Historic England launches £2m emergency fund for hard-hit heritage specialists
The UK's heritage body extends a 'safety net' to small-scale operators affected by the pandemic
A record number of skyscrapers completed in London last year, but fewer are being started
A record number of 60 tall buildings were completed in London in 2019, despite all the Brexit-related uncertainties; that's 140% more than the 25 completed in 2018.
Virus fallout ‘will put significant pressure on supply chains’ but could quell rising construction costs
"When we come out of this, we may well end up working differently, and many [building] companies where they are able will look to significantly shorten supply lines," says Knight Frank.
St John’s Wood development opp seeks £10m
A knock-down project on St John's Wood's Hamilton Terrace has been offered up for sale at £10m.
Buyers circle super-prime repossession in St John’s Wood
Originally asking £23m, a super-home on Hamilton Terrace is now being sold off on behalf of Receivers for just under £15m
Green light for Grosvenor on Elizabeth Street
New lease of life for the old Natwest bank and the derelict building next-door, as Westminster green-lights Moxley Architects-designed proposals at its first ever virtual planning meeting
In Pictures: Almacantar unveils set of Marylebone townhouses
The Farrells-designed Lyons Place is delivering 24 apartments and penthouses, and this set of 'upside-down' family homes, on the site of a former petrol station