Properties
Newcastle United owner makes £200m prime resi play with Chelsea acquisition
Mike Ashley, owner of Newcastle United and founder of budget sports retailer Sports Direct, has apparently stumped up £200m to fund the acquisition of the John Lewis warehouses between Sloane and Draycott…
Prime Property of the Week: Cash Cow
Farm Street, Mayfair, London
£25m
Billed as the UK's most expensive farm-to-resi conversion, this 8,000+ square foot mansion on the site of a historic dairy parlour is being offered up for a gold-topped £25m.
Thackeray Estate offloads rare development site in Fulham
A rare freehold site has been put up for sale in Parsons Green with potential for a top-drawer resi scheme.
First batch of Centre Point apartments go for full whack
The first clutch of units in Almacantar's reimagining of Centre Point have reportedly been snaffled up at asking price.
Strong sales for London Square in Fulham
Developer London Square has put the finishing touches to its latest scheme in Fulham, which appears to be going swimmingly; 80% of the units have already been spoken for.
In Depth: Prime central London’s residential development boom
With 5,200 new homes delivered since 2009, and another 7,179 in the pipeline, prime central London is in the middle of a residential development boom, says Pastor Real Estate.
Eagle and Lexicon penthouses set new price record
Developer Mount Anvil, which coincidentally announced huge profits yesterday, has reportedly just set a new price record for the hotly-tipped area around Silicon Roundabout, after selling a pair of…
Buy a flat in the UAE and get Caribbean citizenship
Prospective buyers of units in a new scheme in the Middle East are being offered a pretty unusual sweetener - citizenship of a Caribbean island.
Camden Market owner buys Primrose Hill Utopia to block resi conversion
Utopia Village, an office complex in Primrose Hill that's been in the sites of many a luxury office-to-residential developer over the past few years, has been snapped up in a surprise move by the billionaire…
Mount Anvil pipeline valued at £1.36bn after key acquisitions
2014 was also a big year for developer Mount Anvil, with a 33% increase in turnover (to a record £216.2m), a profit of £20m, and a 46% rise in the value of its pipeline, to £1.36bn.
Debut resi play for BNP Paribas Real Estate
BNP Paribas Real Estate has bagged its first UK resi scheme.
Mega-basement plans ditched on Melbury Road
The row between two of Holland Park's most famous residents over a basement dig has taken yet another twist.