Properties

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.

BNP Paribas Real Estate has bagged its first UK resi scheme.

The row between two of Holland Park's most famous residents over a basement dig has taken yet another twist.

Controversial new proposals have gone for one of Regent's Park's punchiest projects, now potentially involving the demolition of a Grade I listed crescent of stuccoed houses.

The former home of Hollywood starlet Ava Gardner has come up for rent in Knightsbridge for a blockbusting £10,500 a week.

Fessenden House, Washington, District of Columbia, United States $22m

"The outlook for developers is not the same as it was in 2011," notes Knight Frank as it updates its list of the top areas for future residential development in London.

The joint venture behind the transformation of the ginormous New Covent Garden Market site in Nine Elms has just gone unconditional, meaning that work could begin on site as soon as this summer.

A monster deal from last year has just come to light, topping the scales at £51.7m.

Planners have given property management and investment firm Telereal Trillium the green light for a chunky new scheme in chichi Chiswick.

The transformation of Earls Court took another step forward yesterday with news of the completion of the Earls Court Partnership Limited, the investment vehicle set up by Capco and TfL.

One of the most controversial projects in the capital - the proposed transformation of a massive Royal Mail site in Clerkenwell - has bagged final approval.