Properties
Computer game screen grab or designs by the ‘world’s most renowned’ architects?
A developer in Dubai has apparently admitted that it used screen grabs from computer game SimCity to illustrate its pitch for a 20 million square foot "futuristic urban hub".
Developer faces legal battle over ‘Millionaires’ Row’ address
A developer has threatened legal action after planners voted to officially name his new apartment scheme "Millionaires' Row", because "only millionaires will be able to afford to buy them".
Landmark debuts in London with £8m Battersea scheme
Developer Landmark Estates has made its first foray into the London market.
Fashion giant wins starry bidding war in Primrose Hill
When chunky period houses come up for sale in Primrose Hill, it's not unusual for them to attract plenty of interest from A-list stars. But one £15.
Could The Old War Office fetch £300m?
It seems Winston Churchill's former Whitehall stomping ground has undergone something of a rebrand as it bids to 'capture the imagination of developers around the world'.
British Land smashes Mayfair price records with Clarges pre-launch
British Land is clearly having no trouble shifting units at its new super-prime development in Mayfair.
Prime Property of the Week: Going For Ladbroke
Kensington Park Gardens, Notting Hill
£26m
Being September and all that, we've seen a bumper crop of luxurious propositions launched onto the market this week.
Football Pad: The room of two halves
We've seen houses with spacecraft instead of attics, waterslides instead of stairs and cocktail bars instead of kitchens, but this has to be the first indoor football pitch.
CIT boosts South Bank Tower’s cultural creds with McCurry exhibition
South Bank Tower (formerly King's Reach Tower) developer CIT has taken the cultural provenance of the Southbank and run with it, commissioning uber-photographer Steve McCurry - he of Afghan Girl fame…
Wentworth buyer confirms Four Seasons deal for Trinity Square scheme
The Chinese buyer of Wentworth Golf Club, Reignwood Group, has teamed up with Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts to deliver a series of serviced residential apartments and a 5* hotel in the Port of London Authority's…
Mace lands £400m BBC Television Centre contract
It may have been pipped to the post on that £600m Battersea Power Station contract last week, but construction giant Mace has just landed an equally high-profile gig over in West London.
Greenland brews bigger Ram plans in Wandsworth
Greenland Group, the Chinese state-owned property developer and investor, has applied for an upgrade to its plans for the residential tower at the heart of its Ram Brewery scheme in Wandsworth.