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Epic seven-year restoration project promises ‘new chapter’ for Dolphin Square
New owner abandons plans to demolish parts of the UK’s biggest single private rented complex, opting instead for a multi-million pound refurb.
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English National Ballet names new home after property developer
English National Ballet’s new HQ at London City Island is to be named the Mulryan Centre for Dance, after the family of Ballymore chief Sean Mulryan.
Yopa brings in new media & creative agencies
Agency hires M.i. Media & Happy Hour ahead of new marketing push.
Ex-Knight Franker’s new consultancy off to a flyer with £150m mega-deal
Josh Devey’s newly-formed Brindley Consultants has brokered one of the biggest property deals of the year so far.
Check out the view from Battersea Power Station’s new ‘Chimney Lift’
CGI bubble image released to show visitors what they can expect from ‘one of the most unique viewing platforms in London’ when it opens at the £9b scheme next year.
‘A clear framework for developers in one of London’s most spatially constrained boroughs’: Key policy headlines from the draft Westminster City Plan
Savills summarises the main takeaways from the borough’s planning and development blueprint for the next two decades, which has just been found sound by the planning inspectorate.
Green Homes Grant scheme scrapped
The Green Homes Grant voucher scheme will close on 31st March.
Retrofitting historic homes ‘could save up to 84% in carbon emissions’
New research demonstrates the massive difference retrofitting measures can make to older homes, which make up 20% of the UK's total housing stock.
Watch: Mayfair scheme unveils ‘best-in-class automated parking system’
Lodha UK has just revealed details of what it's calling "The Vault" in Mayfair - a high-spec automated parking system for its 44-unit super-prime 1 Grosvenor Square development
Christie’s launches luxury-focused webinar series
International designers and architects including Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud have been signed up for the first in the new 'Luxury Defined Live' series.
Inspectorate backs Westminster’s planning blueprint
Policy of limiting the size of new homes to a maximum GIA of 200 sqm deemed 'justified and consistent with national policy'.