Properties
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.
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…
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...
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.
TfL HQ scheme called into question
A report has threatened to derail plans to sell off Transport for London's Grade I-listed HQ as luxury apartments.