Properties
Cavendish Square mansion block goes for resi conversion
Harcourt Investments - an SPV by Sunley Group - has bought Harcourt House on Cavendish Square for something close to £75m, with a plan to turn the ornate Edwardian mansion block back into resi.
Gone in 48 Hours: Investment group snaps up ten houses on Billionaires’ Row
It's all kicking off on The Bishops Avenue.
Investment group LJ Capital has bought up ten properties on the exclusive road in North London - dubbed "Billionaires' Row" - in an off-market, 48-hour mega-deal
St James buys up former convent in West London
St James, part of the Berkeley Group, has just bought a massive former convent in West London, which it plans to redevelop into a resi-led scheme next year
Mayfair’s next £250m mansion?
Plans for mobile phone mogul John Caudwell's new Mayfair mansion have just gone public; the proposals would see two listed properties on Chesterfield Gardens and Chesterfield Street linked underground…
Grosvenor buys up 12 acres of Bermondsey & Southwark
Grosvenor has bought a 12-acre swathe of Bermondsey and Southwark in South London, on which it plans to build 800 new homes and a business hub
Superstar architects Gehry and Foster to design Battersea Power Station’s High Street
Gehry Partners and Foster + Partners, two of the world’s most stellar architectural practices, have been chosen to design Phase 3 at Battersea Power Station.
Candy eyeing up Hyde Park Barracks?
Christian Candy's CPC Group has reportedly been making some enquiries into the sale of the Hyde Park Barracks site in Knightsbridge
Artists in Residences: St James gifts RCA a Riverlight space
Property developer St James has decided to give the Royal College of Art an open studio space in its 806-resi unit Riverlight scheme in VNEB (Vauxhall, Nine Elms and Battersea)
David Bailey exhibition to launch Marylebone prime development
Frogmore, Galliard Homes and O'Shea have teamed up with celebrity snapper David Bailey to show the best side of the partnership's new 44-unit Marylebone development, The Chilterns
Principles of Development: Alan Waxman
Alan Waxman, MD of prime developer Landmass, lays down his five favourite projects and ten golden rules...
Strange & Beautiful: Developing unusual and quirky residential opportunities
Don't be put off by the potential complexities of an unusual development opportunity, says Paul Reed, they often end up as unique and valuable assets..
Howard de Walden wins ten approvals to develop Marylebone Lane
The Howard de Walden Estate has managed to piece together planning permission for ten linked sites over 78,890 sq ft to enable a major redevelopment of the Wigmore Street end of Marylebone Lane