Properties
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...
Indian buyers and developers make £1bn move on Mayfair
After an extraordinary eighteen-month-long buying spree, ultra high net worth purchasers, investors and developers from India have become the dominant overseas force in the Mayfair property market, according…
Tour of Beauty: New scheme launches with a ‘Ladies Day’
One firm has decided to inject a bit of glamour into the launch of a new development in Berkshire.
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.
Prime Property of the Week: The Grape Escape
Calistoga, Napa Valley, California
$100m
St James breaks ground on the Albert Embankment
St James has broken ground on its Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Fosters + Partners-designed Albert Embankment scheme.
Triangle completes on £212.5m Midtown deal
A consortium headed up by investment, development and asset management outfit Triangle has just completed on the acquisition of a major portfolio in Holborn.
Carlyle Group in search for Bankside Quarter partner
The Carlyle Group is officially on the lookout for a joint venture funding partner for its colossal Bankside Quarter project on London's South Bank.
Really Useful acquisition for English Rose
Fitzrovia-based developer English Rose Estates has snapped up Andrew Lloyd Webber's former Covent Garden HQ for £20m.