Properties
High Commission: Canada to sell One Grosvenor Square
Number One Grosvenor Square, currently the Canadian High Commission, is to be sold off for either residential or hotel use.
Future Shock: London’s Southbank in 2023
There's a great deal riding - and rising - on London's Southbank right now.
Dragonfly lands £1m McQueen renovation deal
Stopgap lender Dragonfly has been involved in a pretty high-profile project on Dunraven Street, Mayfair...
The Great Air Race: Inside the battle for London’s rooftops
Where square footage is at a premium, developing the space above a building can unlock sky-high rewards.
Hamptons opens up for Hyde Park and Bayswater
Hamptons has opened up a major new resi sales office to cover the vogueish Hyde Park and Bayswater areas, taking the estate agency's London sales network to 29 offices - nine of which have opened within…
RBKC scuppers Notting Hill uber-basement plans after celebrity brouhaha
Kensington & Chelsea planners have rejected proposals for a subterranean extension under an £8m Notting Hill house, after an outcry from celebrity neighbours.
Knight Frank strengthens super-prime development team
Knight Frank has scored a major coup by hiring former Sotheby's man Peter Bevan to enrich its super-prime new homes team.
Peter Bevan
Core Market: Investor snaps up Apple Apartments scheme for £10.2m
A Middle Eastern buy-to-let investor has snapped up the entire Apple Apartments development at 94 Baker Street in one fell swoop.
In Developments: Londonewcastle on why Queen’s Park is primed for place-making
How does a developer select a suitable area for a major new scheme?
Berkeley buys QVC building for £105m
Berkeley Group has bought QVC's old offices, Marco Polo House, in Battersea for £105m, outgunning Killian Hurley's Mount Anvil bid for the site, which has planning permission for 456 luxury residential…
Alchemi bags Victoria office-to-resi scheme
Resi developers Alchemi Group has exchanged on the Dept. for Transport's 180,000 sq ft office Great Minster House North in Victoria for a reported £99.9m.
The 50 priciest property transactions of the month
The most expensive residential property to be sold in July was Number Two Holland Park, for £23.3m, according to the latest set of Price Paid stats from the Land Registry.